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Israel and Egypt preparing to reopen Rafah Crossing following Gaza ceasefire

However, the crossing will not be used to increase the flow of aid into the Strip

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Trucks loaded with humanitarian aid on the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing wait to cross into the Gaza Strip early on October 15, 2025 (Image: Getty)

The IDF's legal branch has reportedly raised concerns about Defence Minister Israel Katz's plan to relocate Gaza's entire population to a new 'humanitarian city' in Rafah

IDF lawyers ‘raised concerns’ about plans to confine Gazans to new ‘humanitarian city’

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The IDF is set to fully evacuate Rafah in order to create a new buffer zone on the Gaza-Egypt border (Image: Getty)

IDF to fully evacuate Rafah to create Gaza-Egypt ‘buffer zone’

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The IDF has ordered a partial evacuation of Rafah ahead of a planned renewal of fighting in the eastern part of the city (Image: Getty)

IDF orders evacuation of eastern Rafah ahead of ‘return to fighting with great force’

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Israel has denied that it will hand over control of the Rafah crossing to the PA (Image: Getty)

Israel denies PA is set to take control of Rafah crossing in ‘day after’ plans

By Akiva van Koningsveld

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Yahya Sinwar, Hamas' leader and the architect of October 7, was killed in Rafah on Wednesday (Getty Images)

How the IDF finally killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, after a year of hunting him

By Imogen Garfinkel

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Photo: IDF Spokesperson's Unit

Six slain hostages’ bodies discovered under child’s bedroom, IDF reveals

By Eliana Jordan

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IDF kills over 200 terrorists in Rafah operation

Dozens of weapons were located in civilian structures, including a large cache inside a basement

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September 4, 2024 14:39

Israeli military spokesperson, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, speaks to the media next to the entrance of a tunnel that the military says Hamas militants used in the southern Gaza Strip on 3 July, 2024. (Photo by OHAD ZWIGENBERG/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

IDF discovers multi-level ‘oxygen’ tunnels under Egypt border

Egypt was apparently unaware of the infrastructure

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July 9, 2024 09:17

Israeli ground troops operating in the Rafah area of southern Gaza, June 1, 2024 (Credit: IDF)

Druze officer killed as IDF eliminates over 30 terrorists in Rafah

More than 1,000 Hamas fighters are thought to have been killed during the Rafah operation

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July 8, 2024 10:07

Slain Israel Defense Forces Maj. Jalaa Ibrahem, a company commander in the 601st Battalion, 401st Brigade, Combat Engineer Corps. Credit: IDF.

The IDF on track to dismantle Hamas’s last brigade in Rafah

Despite the slow pace of the IDF operation in Rafah, the overall strategy is proving effective

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June 24, 2024 09:22

Israeli ground troops operating in the Rafah area of southern Gaza, June 1, 2024 (Credit: IDF)

Four IDF soldiers killed in Gaza, bringing death toll to 650 since October 7

The four all served in the Givati Brigade’s reconnaissance unit

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June 11, 2024 08:33

Four IDF soldiers killed in Gaza, bringing death toll to 650 since October 7

Israeli companies banned from world’s largest arms fair

Out of the 74 Israeli firms set to present at the show, only ten were to exhibit weapons.

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June 4, 2024 14:00

A visitor holds a weapon from Israeli weapon manufacturer Israel Weapon Industries (IWI) at the Eurosatory international land and airland defence and security trade fair, in Villepinte, a northern suburb of Paris, on June 13, 2022. (Photo by Emmanuel DUNAND / AFP)

What is the ‘All Eyes on Rafah’ graphic and who is behind it?

A Malaysian photographer appears to have created the viral post

By Jane Prinsley

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May 29, 2024 14:38

The All Eyes on Rafah graphic

Josh Kaplan

The All Eyes on Rafah Instagram post is another vapid, lazy way to say “I care”

It says nothing productive. Which is presumably why so many people have shared it.

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May 29, 2024 10:25

The All Eyes on Rafah graphic

White House says no policy change towards Israel after Rafah strike

The US is waiting for the results of the IDF investigation into the Rafah incident

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May 29, 2024 09:09

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 28: White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre (L) and White House National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby speak to reporters during the daily news conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on May 28, 2024 in Washington, DC. Kirby and Jean-Pierre fielded questions about an Israeli airstrike on a refugee camp in Gaza over the weekend that killed Hamas operatives and dozens of civilians. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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