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674:(civilian and military), apparently without much external supervision. As of July 2023, "goods have also entered Gaza regularly from Egypt, via the Rafah crossing, controlled by the Egyptian authorities, and then through the adjacent Salah Ad Din Gate, controlled by the local authorities." Since 2018, the Salah Ad-Din Gate has seen a steady growth in traffic, so that in 2022/2023, over 50% of the construction materials, 25% of the food and c. 40% of non-food items entered the Strip through Salah Ad-Din Gate crossing. In 2023, c. 36% of the total imports to the Strip arrived through the Gate. 35: 670:, since February 2018 a secondary commercial border crossing 4 km northwest of Rafah Crossing, and named after Salah al-Din Road, the Strip's main north-south thoroughfare. Before 2018, the gate allowed two-way humanitarian access for Gaza and Sinai residents, but didn't serve commercial purposes. It was repurposed in 2018, when Hamas militants manned the Gaza side and taxed incoming cargo, which included goods with controversial 741: 641: 952: 622:
flooding of the border with sea water, because it posed a serious threat to environment and ground water. In November 2015, large areas of soil collapsed as a result of the flooding, threatening Gazan homes in Rafah near the Saladin Gate. Salty water flowed out from the ground, contaminating the soil and making it unusable for agriculture.
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On 11 September 2015, the Egyptian army began to pump water from the Mediterranean Sea into the tunnels. According to the Egyptian president Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi, flooding of the tunnels had been carried out in coordination with the Palestinian Authority. A number of Palestinian factions condemned the
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under the border had produced 1,800 millionaires, and were used for smuggling weapons, drugs, cash, and equipment for forging documents. Abbas had previously recommended the sealing or destruction of the tunnels, by flooding them, and then punishing the owners of the homes that contained entrances to
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In October 2014, Egypt announced that they planned to expand the buffer zone between Gaza and Egypt, following a terrorist attack from Gaza that killed 31 Egyptian soldiers. The buffer was created "in a move meant to halt the passage of weapons and militants through cross-border smuggling tunnels but
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along the border was dropped in 2005 after it became clear that it would likely be rejected by Israel's Attorney General, Menachem Mazuz, because it required the destruction of 3,000 more homes in Rafah. Instead, the IDF started the building of a 7–9 meters high (about 20–30 feet) concrete wall along
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After the death on 12 May 2004 of five Israeli soldiers who were operating in the buffer zone, the Israel government approved on 13 May a plan to further widen the buffer zone, which would require the demolition of hundreds of homes. The Israeli military recommended demolishing all homes within 300
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On 8 January 2015, Egypt's expansion resulted in the destruction of about 1,220 homes, while destroying more than 1,600 tunnels. Some of the tunnels discovered were over one kilometre long, and contained lighting, ventilation, and phone systems. The total cost of this phase of the buffer zone was
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Egyptian authorities ordered residents living along the country's eastern border to evacuate their homes prior to their demolishing. The buffer zone was to include water-filled trenches to thwart tunnel diggers. It was to be 500 meters wide and extended along the 13 km border. Following the
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issued an interim order, temporarily barring the IDF from demolishing homes in the refugee camp, if the action was not part of "a regular military operation". Nevertheless, the IDF continued the destruction of homes until 15 May 5:00 a.m. because of "immediate military necessity, a risk to
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Since 2001, the IDF demolished Palestinian houses in Rafah to create the buffer zone. In 2002, hundreds of houses in Rafah were destroyed to widen the buffer zone and for the building of an eight meter high and 1.6 kilometres long metal wall along the border. The wall also extended two meters
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Between 1 April 2003 and 30 April 2004, 106 houses were demolished in Rafah. According to HRW, the IDF's justifications for the destruction were doubtful and rather consistent with the goal of having a wide and empty border area to facilitate long-term control over the Gaza Strip.
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On 18 May, the Israel government declared that the plan to widen a buffer zone along the Egyptian border was cancelled, while the same day the army massively invaded Rafah and continued its large-scale destruction. On 19 May 2004, the United Nations Security Council
898:"The three-member High Court panel said that the IDF was entitled to carry out such demolitions along the Philadelphi route for security reasons, "according to operational needs" or if the military determined that soldiers' lives were in danger." 73:. Only passage of persons takes place through the Rafah Border Crossing; as such, the Egypt–Gaza border is only open to the passage of people, not of goods. All cargo traffic must go through Israel, usually through the Israeli-controlled 150:, which began in 2000, Israel widened the buffer zone to 200–300 meters and built a barrier wall mostly of corrugated sheet metal, with stretches of concrete topped with barbed wire. The construction of the buffer zone required the 490:
underground. The wall was built about 80–90 meters from the border, which doubled the width of the patrol corridor. After the metal wall was completed in early 2003, demolitions continued and even increased dramatically.
618:, 20 meters wide by 10 meters deep. It is located two kilometres from the border with Gaza outside of Rafah City and is part of the enlarged buffer zone. Expansion of the trench along with watchtowers was planned. 947:"Uprooting Palestinian Trees And Leveling Agricultural Land – The tenth Report on Israeli Land Sweeping and Demolition of Palestinian Buildings and Facilities in the Gaza Strip 1 April 2003 – 30 April 2004" 629:, between July 2013 and August 2015, Egyptian authorities demolished at least 3,255 residential, commercial, administrative, and community buildings along the border, forcibly evicting thousands of people. 244: 514:
On 16 May, the High Court ruled that the IDF may destroy homes according to their needs; the IDF had pledged that it would refrain from unnecessarily demolishing houses. The next day, Israel started
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was a 100-meter-wide strip of land along the Gaza–Egypt border. Until 2000, the actual buffer zone was 20–40 meters wide with a 2.5 to 3 metres high concrete wall topped with barbed wire.
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the border in a 60–100 meter (about 200–300 feet) wide security strip, equipped with electronic sensors and underground concrete barriers to prevent tunnelling.
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Office of the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO) Report to the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC), 15 September 2023
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that returned the Sinai, which borders the Gaza Strip, to Egyptian control. As part of that treaty, a 100-meter-wide strip of land, known as the
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is the only crossing point between Egypt and the Gaza Strip. It is located on the international border that was confirmed in the 1979
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Rafah Crossing was designed primarily for pedestrians, but used during the 2023 war as the main entry for aid trucks.
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between the Gaza Strip and Egypt. In the peace treaty, the re-created Gaza–Egypt border was drawn across the city of
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meters of its positions, or about 400 meters from the border. The plan elicited strong international criticism.
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https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20151120-egyptian-army-contaminates-palestinian-soil-on-gaza-border-2/amp/
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soldiers, or a hindrance to a military operation", raising the number of destroyed houses to just over 100.
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Pages 3, 9, 18. Nurit Kliot, Boundary and Territory Briefing, volume 1, number 8 (free full-text PDF). A
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On 14 May, a large IDF force entered the "Brazil block" of Rafah and in heavy fighting, as reported by
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between Ottoman-ruled Palestine and British-ruled Egypt, running from Taba to Rafah. Although after
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In 2024, Egyptians announced that they are building a buffer zone at the Egypt–Gaza border.
735:"The Evolution of the Egypt-Israel Boundary: From Colonial Foundations to Peaceful Borders" 734: 698: 615: 416: 62:. There is a buffer zone along the border which is about 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) long. 8: 1377: 1163: 396: 378: 1146:"Egyptian military doubling buffer zone with Gaza, demolishing nearly 1,220 more homes" 626: 340: 740: 556:
In December 2009, Egypt, with help from the United States, started the building of an
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expected to cost $ 70 million. In February 2015, in response to the buffer zone,
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and the Gaza Strip from Egypt, and again there was nominal border control.
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condemned the killing of Palestinian civilians and the demolition of homes
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which also puts more pressure on the Palestinian militant Hamas group."
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Sinai terrorists linked with ISIS decapitate 10 alleged Israeli spies
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On 1 October 1906, the Ottoman and British governments agreed on a
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United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=22881
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Egypt begins Gaza border evacuation to create security buffer
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In June 2015, Egypt completed its digging of a ditch at the
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2013–2015 Egyptian demolition of homes and smuggling tunnels
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New Gaza Crossing Raises Questions About Blockade Policies
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First phase of Egypt-Gaza buffer zone to cost $ 70 million
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Palestinian factions condemn Egypt flooding Gaza borders
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Abbas: Egypt Right to Create Buffer Zone on Gaza Border
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Movement in and out of Gaza: update covering July 2023
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Sisi says Gaza tunnels flooded in coordination with PA
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at the main entrance to Rafah's central thoroughfare.
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of the paper is also available through Google Books.
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Accessed 17 December 2023. 1067:"Egypt to clear residents from Gaza border" 850: 815: 783: 551: 1359:, Map 2: Rafah Features. HRW, October 2004 477: 463: 939: 831: 723: 595:the tunnels, by demolishing those homes. 50:, is the 12-kilometre (7.5 mi) long 1428: 1426: 1367: 1365: 1348: 1243:. Middle East Monitor, 21 September 2015 1136:. Middle East Monitor, 28 September 2015 812:. Human Rights Watch (HRW), October 2004 639: 131: 33: 983:"Israel changes anti-smuggling tactics" 546: 14: 1444: 1302: 1262:. Middle East Monitor, 4 November 2015 922: 920: 822:"We Are No Longer Able to See the Sun" 157: 114:Israel and Egypt signed a peace treaty 1423: 1391: 1389: 1387: 1362: 780:, Issue No. 761, 22–28 September 2005 152:demolition of entire blocks of houses 1405: 1303:Murphy, Paul P. (16 February 2024). 1293:. Human Rights Watch, September 2015 1018: 998: 758: 752: 662: 917: 635: 24: 1384: 914:, 16 May 2004. On web.archive.org/ 908:"Rafah residents flee their homes" 896:, 16 May 2004. 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Index

Gaza–Egypt border

border
Egypt
Gaza Strip
Rafah Border Crossing
Egypt–Israel peace treaty
Kerem Shalom border crossing
Gaza–Israel barrier
boundary
World War I
Bedouin
Six-Day War
Sinai Peninsula
Israel and Egypt signed a peace treaty
Philadelphi Route
buffer zone
Rafah
Philadelphi Route
buffer zone
Second Intifada
demolition of entire blocks of houses
Blockade of the
Gaza Strip

Goods allowed or banned
Smuggling tunnels
Rafah
Gaza–Israel
Erez
Karni
Kerem Shalom

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