Rafah is a largely destroyed and depopulated city in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestine, that serves as the capital of the Rafah Governorate. It is located 30 kilometers south-west of Gaza City. In 20
Aerial view of the remains of Rafah in January 2025
The columns of Rafah, on the road between Egypt and Syria, in 1881
View of Yasser Arafat International Airport near Rafah which was destroyed by Israel during the Second Intifada.
Building occupied by Israeli army in 1985
The Gaza Strip, also known simply as Gaza, is the smaller of the two Palestinian territories that make up the State of Palestine in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Gaza is bordered by Egypt o
Rafah
…Rafah (Arabic: رفح Rafaḥ ) is a largely destroyed and depopulated city in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestine, that serves as the capital of the Rafah Governorate. It is located 30 kilometers (19 mi) south-west of Gaza City. In 2017, Rafah had a…
Palestine refugees initially displaced to Beach camp in Gaza board boats to Lebanon or Egypt during the 1948 war
Palestine refugees leave the Gaza Strip on fishing boats in the wake of the war in 1948
Palestinians in an outdoor market in the Gaza Strip in 1956
Che Guevara visiting Gaza in 1959