{"id":2095143,"date":"2023-11-09T12:59:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T17:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rafah-crossing-closed-due-to-security-issue\/"},"modified":"2023-11-09T13:00:58","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T18:00:58","slug":"rafah-crossing-closed-due-to-security-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rafah-crossing-closed-due-to-security-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"Rafah Crossing Shut for &#8216;Security&#8217; Reasons"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">12<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frafah-crossing-closed-due-to-security-issue%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2095143&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Passengers cross into Egypt\u2019s Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip, on November 9, 2023, amid the ongoing \u200cbattles between Israel\u200c and the Palestinian group Hamas.  (Photo by -\/AFP via\u2062 Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/zach-petersen\">Zach Petersen<\/a><br \/>9:52 AM \u2013 Friday, November 9, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>The Rafah Border Crossing from Gaza into Egypt is closed once again.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. State Department blamed the closure on \u201ccertain security circumstances\u201d on Wednesday, without providing specifics.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Rafah border crossing into Gaza was closed on Wednesday due to\u2062 an unspecified &#8220;security circumstance&#8221; but U.S. officials were working with Egypt and Israel to get it reopened, U.S. State Department deputy spokesperson Vedant Patel said.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/rafahborder?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#rafahborder<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/US?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#US<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Gaza?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Gaza<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Egypt?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Egypt<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Rafah?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Rafah<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/udBsfxomjH\">pic.twitter.com\/udBsfxomjH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bnz English (@BnzEnglish) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BnzEnglish\/status\/1722639093652500553?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>To date, \u200cabout <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rafah-crossing-closed-due-to-security-issue\/\" title=\"Rafah Crossing Shut for 'Security' Reasons\">650 trucks carrying primarily food<\/a>, water and medicine have crossed from Egypt into Gaza through the Rafah\u2062 Crossing.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Spokesperson Vedant\u200d Patel expects that the Egypt-controlled crossing will be reopened for aid and\u2064 the exit \u2062of foreign nationals once the security\u200d threat has\u200b been cleared.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m just\u200c not going to \u200cparse into the specifics of the parameters as our understanding is that its \u2064closure was because\u200b of a certain security circumstance,\u201d he explained. \u201cSo, our expectation is that once that circumstance is\u200b resolved, the crossing will be open at the regular intervals that it\u2019s \u2064been open.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Rep. Ralph Norman<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Dr. Pierre Kory<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Dustin\u2062 Olson<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Leo Hohmann<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>An\u200d adviser to\u200b Europe\u2019s top court said \u200can EU tribunal made legal errors when it ruled in favor of Apple.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Zeekr will this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hundreds-of-cuban-nationals-travel-to-nicaragua-to-reach-u-s-border\/\" title=\"Hundreds Of Cuban Nationals Travel To Nicaragua To Reach U.S. Border\">week publicly release<\/a> some details of its plans to list\u2062 shares \u2064in New York.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Top EU court backs Google, Meta, and\u200d TikTok against Austrian\u200b law mandating hate \u2064speech deletion.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Amazon\u2063 to invest \u200dmillions\u2063 in Olympus LLM model to \u2063rival OpenAI and Alphabet.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> How has the\u200d closure of the\u200d Rafah Border \u200bCrossing impacted the flow of essential goods into\u200b Gaza and \u200dthe well-being of its residents?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  The Gaza Strip into\u200b Egypt\u2063 through the Rafah Border Crossing. However, on Wednesday, November 8, 2023, the border crossing was \u200babruptly \u200bclosed due to unspecified &#8220;security circumstances.&#8221; \u2062This closure has raised concerns about the well-being of the people in Gaza, as they heavily rely on goods imported through this crossing.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S.\u200b State Department acknowledged the closure but did not provide any \u2063specific details on\u200c the\u200c security circumstances that led to it. U.S. officials have been in\u2062 contact \u200cwith\u200d both Egypt and Israel\u200c to work on reopening the \u2063border crossing as soon as possible. The closure has had a significant impact on the \u2062flow of essential \u200dgoods into Gaza, which \u2064is already\u2062 facing an ongoing humanitarian crisis.<\/p>\n<p>The Rafah Border Crossing is the only entry \u200band exit point for individuals\u2062 traveling between the \u200dGaza Strip \u200cand Egypt. It \u2062is also\u2063 a vital route for importing goods \u2063into Gaza, as it offers an\u200b alternative to the heavily \u2064restricted Israeli-controlled crossings. The\u200b closure\u2062 of the Rafah Border Crossing further isolates Gaza and\u2064 exacerbates its dependency \u200don foreign aid.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, the Rafah\u2063 Border Crossing\u2063 has often faced closures due to political tensions and security concerns. It has been a challenging task to maintain\u200b a consistent flow of goods and people through this \u2064crossing. Whenever it is closed, the people \u200bof Gaza suffer the consequences, as access to essential supplies becomes limited.<\/p>\n<p>In the past, the closure of the Rafah\u200d Border Crossing has been linked\u200d to conflicts between Israel and the Palestinian group\u2064 Hamas. However, it \u200cis important \u200dto note that at \u200bthis\u200b moment, no \u2062specific reason has been given for\u200c the recent closure. The lack of transparency surrounding the closure leaves\u200b room for speculation and raises concerns about the intentions behind it.<\/p>\n<p>It is crucial for the parties involved,\u2063 including Egypt, Israel, and the \u2062international community, to work towards a \u200dswift reopening of the Rafah Border Crossing. The people of Gaza cannot afford to \u200dendure further hardships due \u200cto a lack of access to essential goods. \u200dHumanitarian organizations \u200dand aid agencies must also step up\u2064 their \u2064efforts to mitigate\u2063 the impact of the closure on \u2063the vulnerable population \u2062in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>The closure of the Rafah Border Crossing highlights\u200d the urgent need for a comprehensive and sustainable solution to the ongoing\u200d humanitarian crisis in Gaza. This includes\u2064 addressing the\u200b restrictions on\u2062 movement and access imposed by Israel, as well \u2064as finding ways to ensure the security and well-being \u200bof all parties involved.<\/p>\n<p>In\u200d conclusion, the sudden closure of the Rafah \u200bBorder \u200bCrossing \u200bhas raised concerns about \u200cthe well-being of the people\u2064 in \u2064Gaza and their access to \u200dessential goods. Efforts must be made by all\u200c parties involved to\u200d reopen the crossing as soon as possible \u2063and alleviate the suffering of the people in Gaza. The international community must also prioritize finding sustainable solutions to the ongoing\u200d humanitarian crisis in the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Passengers cross into Egypt\u2019s Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip, on November 9, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. (Photo by -\/AFP via Getty Images) OAN\u2019s\u00a0Zach Petersen 9:52 AM \u2013 Friday, November 9, 2023 The Rafah Border Crossing from Gaza into Egypt is closed once again. 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