Rafah

[ rahf-ah, rahf-uh ]

noun

1. a city split between Egypt and the Gaza Strip and serving as the only crossing point between them.

Example Sentences

Elsewhere, in central Gaza three separate attacks on refugee camps killed 15 people, while five more were killed in a Israeli drone attack on Rafah in the south, the civil defence added.

From BBC

Sen. Marco Rubio, Trump’s choice for secretary of state, compared Israel’s right to carry out a ground operation in Rafah with the Allies’ war against Adolf Hitler in World War II. Also in the mix is Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, who was allegedly with the president-elect this week when a Netanyahu aide told them that Israel was trying to advance a cease-fire deal in Lebanon so as to give an early foreign-policy victory to Trump.

From Slate

Distribution of medical aid and medicines to Nasser Medical Hospital in the city of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, which recently arrived through the Rafah crossing on October 29, 2023 in Khan Yunis, Gaza.

From Salon

Since Israeli forces took control of the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt in May, even those have become vanishingly rare.

From Salon

Approved evacuations have plummeted since May, from roughly 50 per day before Israel took over the Rafah Crossing, NPR’s Jane Arraf reported.

From Salon