One person was killed and others injured after gunfire broke out involving 20 people trying to cross the border from Egypt to Israel. “A drug smuggling operation south of the Awja Port ...

The Israel Defense Forces confirmed a “shooting incident at the Egyptian border” and said it was also investigating. “A ...

Like Israel, Egypt has maintained a blockade on its border with Gaza since Hamas came to power in 2006. Hamas is an off-shoot of the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood organisation, which is banned as a ...

One of Israel's land borders was formalised for the first time in 1979, when Egypt became the first Arab country to recognise the Jewish state. Under the treaty, Israel's border with Egypt was set ...

The Associated Press Israel’s military said Wednesday it seized control of a strategic corridor along Gaza’s border with Egypt to cut off smuggling tunnels as it tries to destroy the militant ...

Israel and Egypt are locked in a row over the Rafah border crossing, blaming each other for its continued closure as Gaza's humanitarian crisis worsens. Israeli forces have taken control of the ...

A narrow strip of scrubland and sand dunes on the Gaza side of the border with Egypt has emerged as a major obstacle in talks aimed at halting the Israel-Hamas war and freeing scores of hostages.

Since the start of the Gaza war following Hamas's attack on Israel on 7 October, Egypt has consistently said it would not open its border to refugees. It has taken that stance partly because it ...

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Palestinian officials say Israeli strikes on northern Gaza have killed at least 22 people, mostly women and children.

An curved arrow pointing right. New satellite images show Egypt is building a 16-foot wall around an 8-square-mile buffer zone but has offered no explanation. More from News New satellite images ...