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Saturday July 05, 2008 - 00:58
Palestinian sources reported on Friday at night that one Palestinian was wounded and four others went missing when a tunnel on the border between Rafah and Egypt collapsed during evening hours. Full Story
Tuesday May 27, 2008 - 12:18
The Israeli naval forces detained on Tuesday morning 10 Palestinian fishermen , while on board on Rafah shores to the south of the Gaza Strip, Palestinian security sources reported. Full Story
Tuesday May 13, 2008 - 12:28
Egyptian media sources reported that the Egyptian authorities closed until further notice the Rafah border crossing, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Full Story
Sunday May 11, 2008 - 13:07
Palestinian medical sources in the Khan Younis city in southern Gaza Strip said that Osama Alastal, 23, was killed Sunday morning. Full Story
Saturday May 03, 2008 - 00:27
The Al Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, reported that one of its fighters died on Friday evening of wounds sustained during an Israeli shelling that targeted Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, on Wednesday evening. Full Story
Thursday May 01, 2008 - 02:05
The Al Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, reported that the Wednesday evening Israeli shelling which targeted a workshop in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, killed one of its prominent leaders; five Palestinians including two children were wounded, at least two seriously. Full Story
Tuesday April 22, 2008 - 03:58
According to the Gaza-based Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights, a Hamas-run police force in Gaza used batons and rifle butts to beat demonstrators who gathered in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, last week to commemorate Palestinian Prisoners' Day. Full Story
Monday April 21, 2008 - 22:30
On Sunday night, Israeli forces launched an airstrike on a vehicle driving on the street in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. Full Story
Sunday April 13, 2008 - 08:06
Five years ago today, 22-year old photography student Tom Hurndall was gunned down by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip, while holding up his empty hands and pleading with the soldiers to stop shooting at a group of young children. On the fifth anniversary of his death, Hurndall's parents have challenged the Israeli government to bring the perpetrators to justice. Full Story
Sunday April 06, 2008 - 16:18
Scores of local Palestinian residents in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, organized on Sunday a human chain in protest of prices of goods , made high, because of the Israel-enforced closure of commercial crossings. Full Story
Thursday February 21, 2008 - 12:46
Palestinian school children in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah have been reportedly exposed to Israeli army gun fire on Thursday morning, as resistance fighters clashed with the army forces. Full Story
Monday February 18, 2008 - 22:27
Palestinian medical sources reported on Monday that one resident died of wounds sustained during an Israeli military invasion into Al Shouka area in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip on Sunday noon. Full Story |
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