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Asmaa al-Ghoul

Asmaa al-Ghoul

يونيو 27, 2016

A Palestinian boy stands behind a fence as he waits for his relatives to return to Gaza from Egypt through Rafah border crossing, after it was opened by Egyptian authorities on Wednesday for two days for the first time in three months, in the southern Gaza Strip May 12, 2016. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTX2E34K

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Palestinian travellers pass an Egyptian soldier standing guard on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border, to cross over to Gaza at Rafah city, some 350 km (217 miles) northeast of Cairo, May 22, 2013. Seven members of the Egyptian security forces kidnapped by Islamist militants in Sinai last week were freed on Wednesday and President Mohamed Mursi announced a new crackdown on lawlessness in the desert peninsula. Their abduction underlined the threat posed by jihadists who became active in a security vacuum t

Palestinians Tormented At Rafah Crossing

Mohammed Suliman

Mohammed Suliman

A university student crosses the border from Ukraine by foot in Barabas, Hungary, on Feb. 28, 2022.

Returning Egyptians share nightmares of fleeing war in Ukraine

Hagar Hosny

An Egyptian soldier sits atop a bulldozer on the border between Egypt and southern Gaza Strip September 12, 2013. Cairo closed the Rafah crossing, Gaza's main window to the world, completely on Wednesday after assailants crashed two explosive-laden cars into a security building adjacent to the border zone, killing six Egyptian soldiers. The bulldozing of the tunnels has deepened Gaza residents' feelings of isolation in a tiny coastal territory that many have described as a prison. Egypt has suggested Palest

Egypt’s army destroys Sinai homes to expand Gaza buffer

A correspondent in Sinai

A correspondent in Sinai

Drivers with truck-loads of aid have been waiting for days to enter Gaza

Aid-truck drivers hope truce will end long wait to enter Gaza

Agence France-Presse