According to the statement, “the United States has committed to pay for the upgrade of the Rafah crossing as soon as possible to enable the transfer of humanitarian aid only via Rafah crossing after passing Israeli security screening.”

Source: https://www.siasat.com/israel-approves-reopening-of-crossing-to-gaza-for-aid-entry-2935223/

According to the statement, “the United States has committed to pay for the upgrade of the Rafah crossing as soon as possible to enable the transfer of humanitarian aid only via Rafah crossing after passing Israeli security screening.”

Source: https://www.siasat.com/israel-approves-reopening-of-crossing-to-gaza-for-aid-entry-2935223/

A doctor in the southern Gaza city of Rafah told the news agency that “weight loss and anemia were common and people were so weak and dehydrated they were more susceptible to chest infections and skin conditions,” with children most at risk.

Source: https://yalibnan.com/2023/12/23/biden-shares-blame-for-mass-starvation-in-gaza-oxfam-america-says/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=biden-shares-blame-for-mass-starvation-in-gaza-oxfam-america-says

A Jordanian humanitarian aid convoy enters the Gaza Strip from Egypt in Rafah on Monday, Nov. 20, 2023.

Source: https://sentinelcolorado.com/nation-world/world/israeli-forces-battle-militants-around-another-gaza-hospital-as-babies-evacuated-to-egypt/

AL-JAZEERA: Israeli gunboats bomb the coast of Rafah.

Source: https://www.palestinechronicle.com/gaza-live-blog-israel-intensifies-shelling-of-central-gaza-iran-threatens-retaliation-israeli-crimes-in-gaza-continue-more-soldiers-killed-day-82/

Al-Qidra said a convoy of ambulances left Shifa, carrying wounded to Rafah, when a strike hit a vehicle on the edges of Gaza City.

Source: https://www.baytoday.ca/world-news/israel-resists-us-pressure-to-pause-the-war-to-allow-more-aid-to-gaza-wants-hostages-back-first-7779583

A man from Thunder Bay is among hundreds of Canadians waiting for Global Affairs Canada's go-ahead to cross the Rafah border from Gaza into Egypt to escape the Israel-Hamas war.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/thunder-bay-man-palestine-gaza-1.7020078?cmp=rss

An AFP correspondent reported continuous shelling of Rafah and Khan Yunis overnight, and the health ministry said "multiple" people had died in a strike on a house in Nuseirat refugee camp, in central Gaza.

Source: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/12/gazans-exhausted-israel-hamas-war-rages

An airstrike hit a residential building some 200 yards from the U.N. headquarters in Rafah on Monday, killing and wounding several people, according to an Associated Press reporter at the scene, underscoring the perils of humanitarian operations.

Source: https://www.pressherald.com/2023/10/23/israel-increases-strikes-on-gaza-as-u-s-advises-delaying-ground-war-to-allow-talks-on-captives/

An IDF spokesperson declined to comment on Palestinian reports that Israeli forces had begun a ground offensive near Kerem Shalom, east of the Rafah Crossing into Egypt.

Source: https://gazette.com/news/us-world/fighting-rages-in-northern-gaza-after-u-n-stops-short-of-ceasefire-call/article_766a7fcb-9875-55bc-acd1-0e4a18abfadd.html

A Palestinian rioter burns tires during clashes with Israeli soldiers east of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip near the Israel-Gaza border fence on September 23, 2023.

Source: https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-october-1-2023/

As a result of discussions mediated by Qatar, Israel and Egypt maintain strict control over the Rafah border crossing; Canada has no influence over the number of people who cross the border each day.

Source: https://www.chiangraitimes.com/news/canada-introduces-temporary-visa-for-gaza/

As I write this, 115 Filipinos working in war-torn Gaza are waiting at the Rafah border for permission to cross into Egypt—and from there to fly back safely to the Philippines.

Source: https://opinion.inquirer.net/167829/to-have-a-country-of-ones-own

A US official had told AFP Saturday that Egypt and Israel had reached an agreement for American citizens to leave through Rafah.

Source: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/10/egypt-france-foreign-ministers-urge-aid-gaza-through-rafah

Because of the Israeli siege, the only available route out of Gaza is through Rafah in the south.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2023-10-15/palestinian-americans-stuck-in-gaza

But the satellite analysis shows strikes have also destroyed buildings there, with damage in Khan Younis, Rafah and rural areas near the south-eastern border.

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-20415675?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

Cairo said the Rafah crossing was not officially closed but was inoperable due to Israeli strikes on the Gaza side.

Source: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/world/israel-hamas-conflict-no-ceasefire-implemented-southern-gaza-3849146?cid=cna_flip_070214

Children react during the funeral of the Faojo family, killed in Israeli bombing on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on November 11, 2023, as battles between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas movement continue.

Source: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/11/11/israel-gaza-latest-news-updates-hamas-palestine-day-36-live/

Egypt and Israel agreed to allow a limited number of trucks carrying food, water, medicine and other essentials into Gaza via the Rafah border crossing.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/29/biden-israel-gaza-conflict-re-election

Egypt has urged all countries to send urgently needed relief assistance to Gaza through the Rafah border crossing.

Source: https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2023/10/least-300000-displaced-gaza-amid-blackout-israeli-bombardment