Rafah Crossing
![Gantz.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=700/2024/05/07/b104dec0-0c53-11ef-ae3e-5ba489b5eb8e__h3263_w4895.jpg)
Regarding Hamas' proposal, the war cabinet member said that "there are significant gaps, a delegation will be sent to Cairo."
![IDF troops seizing Rafah crossing.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/05/07/7d0b94d0-0c51-11ef-90bc-6511137cc1af__h900_w1600.jpeg)
Israel-Gaza War
Following the attack on Kerem Shalom and the partial breakdown of talks with Hamas, the IDF has launched a limited operation to seize the Rafah crossing into Egypt and attacked terrorists and terror infrastructure.
![Ayman Al-Batniji](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/02/29/f4057000-d6f6-11ee-aa6e-77968757f996__h331_w650.jpg)
Israel-Gaza War, Hamas
Colonel Ayman Al-Batniji, who until recently served as spokesman for the Hamas police, managed to escape from the Strip along with his two sons through the Rafah crossing.
![El-Sisi](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/02/28/6a3b03f0-d659-11ee-bf85-77a8e5aca77e__h331_w650.jpg)
Israel-Gaza War, Rafah Crossing
Egyptian President el-Sisi claims that a hostage deal will be signed in the coming days and that his country never closed the Rafah crossing for Palestinians.
![Report: Egypt Won't Try to Prevent Rafah Operation If Civilian Casualties Avoided](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2024/02/11/d8d35d00-c919-11ee-aa6e-77968757f996__h3819_w5729.jpg)
Israel-Gaza War, Rafah, Egypt
According to a report in Times of Israel and as conveyed by Army Radio, Egyptian officers told their counterparts that it would criticize but otherwise not try to prevent an operation in Rafah is steps are taken to protect civilians.
Israel-Gaza War, Egypt, Rafah
According to the WSJ, Israel wants immediate notification of efforts to smuggle weapons and the ability to send drones into the area, while Egypt considers both to violate their sovereignty.
![Weapons caches in every building, thanks to massive smuggling via Egypt.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/12/24/287b6fe0-a247-11ee-8c05-7fe1aa7dfba1__h697_w1536.jpeg)
Israel-Gaza War, Hamas
The discovery of enormous caches of arms in Gaza which could only have come via smuggling across the border has increased the IDF's need to take control of it.
![MOment of Atrash's elimination.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/12/23/6ba30aa0-a1af-11ee-adaf-d9320ff81fe5__h422_w728.png)
Israel-Gaza War, Hamas
Hassan Atrash, the Hamas leader responsible for trading in and producing weapons for Hamas, was eliminated in an aerial strike in Rafah.
![Hamas security forces building destroyed.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=webp,fit=contain,width=300/2023/12/15/8e661ca0-9b36-11ee-8e6a-8375fec8ebd5__h450_w800.gif)
Israel-Gaza War
The IDF struck a series of structures belonging to the Hamas security forces on the Gaza-Egyptian border, which served among other things to aid smuggling via Egypt.
Israel-Gaza War
While the IDF has killed many Hamas terrorists and commanders and others are surrendering, the hard nut of the organization still hasn't entirely cracked.
![Erez crossing.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/11/22/b1aa4110-892e-11ee-bc33-7941d28036f3__h331_w650.jpg)
Israel-Gaza War, Hostage Deal, Children
IDF soldiers meeting child hostages being released at the Rafah crossing received clear instructions on how to talk and behave around them | Details below
![Rafah crossing.](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/10/31/abff2180-7813-11ee-86b6-1123a72ebd00__h331_w650.jpg)
Israel-Gaza War
Egyptian media reported that after establishing a field hospital, Egypt will open Rafah crossing for the first time for the Palestinian wounded.
![The IDF Confirms: Additional Humanitarian Aid has been Checked and Entered the Gaza Strip](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/10/22/3e7dd240-7111-11ee-b7a1-1906212e89de__h331_w650.jpg)
Humanitarian Aid
Another shipment of humanitarian aid entered the Gaza Strip today through the Rafah Crossing, in accordance with coordination between Israel and the United States. The aid has been inspected by Israeli authorities before being brought in.
![American Report: The Trucks that Entered Gaza were not Inspected](https://images.jfeed.com/cdn-cgi/image/format=jpeg,fit=contain,width=300/2023/10/21/3af63660-7046-11ee-817a-474900d9bb42__h331_w650.jpg)
Without Inspection
The American media reports that despite American and international commitments, the shipments that entered Gaza were not inspected or verified at all, and it is not known what they contained.