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

Additionally, Egyptian restrictions on the movement of people and goods through the Rafah crossing have never been tighter.

From The Daily Beast

As the legend goes, Mohammed had to beg and bribe the Egyptians, at Rafah crossing, to let him out of Gaza and into Egypt.

From The Daily Beast

Each day the power goes out across Rafah at some point, with one deeply disturbing exception: the morgue.

From The Daily Beast

Nonetheless, prices on basic goods remain inflated and energy in places like Rafah is no less scarce.

From The Daily Beast

Why do such militants fire at Sderot and not at, say, the Egyptian town of Rafah along the Gaza border?

From The Daily Beast