Egypt

Men recover the body of a Palestinian killed in the aftermath of an overnight Israeli strike at al-Maghazi refugee camp in Gaza on Monday, as the war between Israel and Hamas carries on.

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Egyptian officials tout a preliminary plan to end the Israel-Hamas war

3:01pm December 25, 2023

The tentative plan includes a possible cease-fire, release of Israeli hostages and Palestinians held in Israeli prisons, and a new Palestinian leadership that spans Gaza and West Bank territories.

People look out from a rooftop last week as displaced Palestinians who fled Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip set up camp in Rafah, farther south, near Gaza's border with Egypt.

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Why Egypt doesn't want Palestinians in Gaza to cross the border

3:08pm December 12, 2023

by Scott Neuman

Hemmed in by Israeli forces and the Mediterranean Sea, Palestinians in Gaza seemingly have only one place left to go — across the border to Egypt. But Egypt is resistant to letting them in.

An Egyptian ambulance prepares to enter the Gaza Strip on Nov. 15 through the Rafah crossing, to transport critically wounded Palestinians for treatment to Egypt.

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Egypt's Rafah border with Gaza is key for aid coming in and people leaving for safety

2:12pm November 22, 2023

by Aya Batrawy

As aid trucks slowly make their way into Gaza, another gate at Rafah is for people departing the besieged territory — the only exit for those permitted to leave, including the critically wounded.

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Newborn babies were evacuated from Al-Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip and crossed into Egypt on Nov. 20, 2023.

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The Gaza war's youngest evacuees reach safety in Egypt — many without their parents

4:54pm November 20, 2023

On Monday, 28 newborns were evacuated from Gaza to Egypt, after being transported from Al-Shifa Hospital. Four mothers accompanied the babies. It's not known how many of the other parents are alive.

Palestinians with foreign passports at Rafah Border Gate wait to cross into Egypt, Nov. 1.

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What is Gaza's Rafah crossing and why is it important?

10:59am November 07, 2023

by Fatima Al-Kassab

The Rafah border crossing, operated by Egyptian authorities, is the only Gaza crossing not directly controlled by Israel. Now it is the only entry point for aid and exit point for those able to leave.

People enter the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip before crossing into Egypt on Wednesday. The U.N. says some 500 foreign passport holders were allowed to leave Gaza.

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First Americans and other foreign nationals leave besieged Gaza

4:06pm November 01, 2023

by Becky Sullivan

It's the first time people have been allowed to exit the Palestinian territory since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks on Israel. Ambulances took dozens of seriously wounded people to hospitals in Egypt.

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COMIC: In the '90s I survived summers in Egypt with no AC. How would it feel now?

8:26am August 27, 2023

by Malaka Gharib

In elementary school, NPR's Malaka Gharib visited her dad in Cairo each summer. It was hot, there was no AC — but she coped. In this age of global warming, she wonders: How are Egyptians getting by?

Migrants onboard the Adriana, during a rescue operation before the boat capsized on the open sea off Greece on June 14. Egypt is the country with the highest number of illegal migrants heading to Europe.

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Egypt's vanishing village men: Risking it all to get to Europe

11:55am July 21, 2023

by Aya Batrawy

Egypt now has the highest number of illegal migrants to Europe, lured by smugglers who charge a big fee for a risky voyage by sea. We interview families who had a loved one on the shipwrecked Adriana.

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A small motorboat cruises down the Nile River in Aswan, Egypt, past domed Nubian structures.

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Sudanese fleeing to Egypt face challenges despite deep ties and interwoven histories

5:02am June 15, 2023

by Aya Batrawy

The exodus of more than 210,000 people from Sudan to Egypt since the war began in April highlights the deep ties that bind the countries — and Egypt's mixed legacy in Sudan.

An Israeli soldier cries outside a military base following a deadly shootout in southern Israel along the Egyptian border on Saturday.

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3 Israeli soldiers were killed along the Egyptian border, military says

1:46pm June 03, 2023

by The Associated Press

A gunbattle along Israel's southern border with Egypt left three Israeli soldiers and an Egyptian officer dead Saturday, officials said. It was a rare instance of deadly violence along the frontier.