{"id":16003,"date":"2026-02-03T11:47:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T06:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=16003"},"modified":"2026-02-03T12:34:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T07:04:42","slug":"rafah-crossing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/rafah-crossing\/","title":{"rendered":"Rafah Border Crossing"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Rafah Border Crossing Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, Israel reopened Gaza\u2019s Rafah border crossing with Egypt.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Rafah Border Crossing<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It&#8217;s the southernmost post of <\/span><b>exit from Gaza and borders Egypt&#8217;s Sinai peninsula.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>controlled by <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/key-facts-about-egypt\/\" target=\"_blank\">Egypt<\/a>.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are only <\/span><b>two other border crossings<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from and into the Gaza Strip \u2013<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Erez: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A crossing into Israel in northern Gaza, which <\/span><b>is for people.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><b>Kerem Shalom:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> A solely <\/span><b>commercial goods junction<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with Israel in southern Gaza<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Key Facts about Sinai Peninsula<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>triangle-shaped peninsula<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> located in <\/span><b>northeastern Egypt.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It serves as a land bridge <\/span><b>connecting Asia and Africa.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Boundaries<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><b>North:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is bordered to the <\/span><b>north by the Mediterranean Sea<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and to the east by Israel and the Gaza Strip.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>West:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> To the west of the Sinai Peninsula is <\/span><b>the Suez Canal,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> across which lies the African part of Egypt.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is bordered to the southwest by <\/span><b>the Gulf of Suez<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and to the immediate south by the Red Sea.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Gulf of Aqaba<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> borders the Sinai in <\/span><b>the southeast.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/world\/rafah-border-crossing-reopens-gaza-egypt-israel-ceasefire-trump-deal-10509403\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rafah Border Crossing the southernmost post of exit from Gaza and borders Egypt&#8217;s Sinai peninsula. 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