The nine-mile-wide corridor, codenamed 'Philadelphi Corridor' by Israel's military, was the only Gaza land border Israel did not directly control. ... to get around a blockade by Israel and Egypt.

The border with Egypt along the southern edge was the Gaza Strip’s only land border that Israel had not controlled directly. Earlier on Wednesday, Israel sent tanks on raids into Rafah.

The narrow corridor — about 100 meters (yards) wide in parts — runs the 14-kilometer (8.6-mile) length of the Gaza side of the border with Egypt and includes the Rafah crossing into Egypt.

Despite travel warning, most returning Israelis are coming home via Jordan and Egypt Over 70,000 Israelis have got back since start of war with Iran; 39,000 of them entered via land border ...

Palestinians displaced by the Israel air and ground offensive on the Gaza Strip sit next to the border fence with Egypt in Rafah, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. By The Associated Press PUBLISHED ...

U.N. top court imposes emergency measures in Israel genocide case, doesn't order cease-fire 01:15. On the back of a small truck parked along Gaza's southern border with Egypt, two families were ...

To defeat Hamas, Israel must control Gaza’s border with Egypt by Seth J. Frantzman, opinion contributor - 09/24/24 11:30 AM ET ...

(CNN) — Israel will not withdraw its forces from the Gaza-Egypt border as would be required under the second phase of a truce with Hamas, an Israeli source says, even as it dispatches a team for ...

JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that Israel must keep open-ended control of Gaza’s border with Egypt, digging in on his stance on an issue that has ...

The total length of the border between Israel and Egypt is nearly 130 miles. Egyptian army tanks are deployed along the border with the Gaza Strip on July 4, 2024 in el-Arish, ...

Israel is open to negotiating control of Gaza’s border with Egypt after the end of the war with Hamas, Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer said, though must maintain troops there for now to ...