Rafah Border Crossing

Rafah Border Crossing is a government office in . Rafah Border Crossing is situated nearby to , as well as near the security checkpoint .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Rafah Border Crossing and Yasser Arafat International Airport Ruins.

Border checkpoint
Photo: Gigi Ibrahim, Public domain.
The or Rafah Crossing Point is the sole crossing point between and 's and Gaza's sole border point with a country other than . is situated 190 metres northeast of Rafah Border Crossing.

Ruins
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Yasser Arafat International Airport was an in the . It was located between and Dahaniya, close to the border. The facility was built as a result of the Oslo Accords and opened on 24 November 1998 as Gaza International Airport. is situated 2 km east of Rafah Border Crossing.

Border checkpoint
Photo: U.S. Embassy Jerusalem, CC BY 2.0.
is a border crossing at the junction of two border sections: one between the and Israel, and one between the Gaza Strip and Egypt. It is used by trucks carrying goods from Israel or Egypt to the Gaza Strip. is situated 3 km south of Rafah Border Crossing.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shokat as-Sufi and Rafah.

Village
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is a Palestinian town under Israeli occupation in the southern , south of and adjacent to the inoperable .

Town
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 igo.
was a city in the southern , , that served as the capital of the . It was located 30 kilometers south-west of . is situated 3 km north of Rafah Border Crossing.

Village
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is a kibbutz in southern Israel. Located on the -- border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Eshkol Regional Council. In 2023 it had a population of 236. is situated 3½ km southeast of Rafah Border Crossing.

Rafah Border Crossing

Latitude
31.24862° or 31° 14′ 55″ north
Longitude
34.25926° or 34° 15′ 33″ east
Open location code
8G3P67X5+CP
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4281794593
Open­Street­Map feature
office=­government
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Italian—“Rafah Border Crossing” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “معبر رفح الحدودي”
  • Hebrew: “מעבר גבול רפיח”
  • Italian: “Valico di Rafah”

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