The Latest Breaking News from Egypt

Minister says ‘everything being done’ to get Irish passport holders out of Gaza

Hundreds of foreign nationals have been able to flee through the Rafah crossing into Egypt so far.

The Independent UK · Nov 2, 2023

‘Absolute chaos’: first Briton to cross from Gaza to Egypt describes ordeal

Abdel Hammad took 10 hours to get to Egypt and will not receive support from UK Foreign Office to fly home

The Guardian - UK · Nov 2, 2023

Will Egypt accept Palestinians if Israel pushes them out of Gaza?

Analysts say Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi fears instability at home if Palestinian refugees cross the border.

Al Jazeera · Nov 2, 2023

WHO says ‘almost impossible’ to bring aid into Gaza – as it happened

This blog is closed.Israel and Hamas at war: what we know on day 28

The Guardian - AU · Nov 2, 2023

Rishi Sunak: We will keep working to help more British citizens leave Gaza

The Prime Minister thanked Egypt for its role in helping to allow some to leave via the Rafah border crossing.

The Independent UK · Nov 2, 2023

British teacher trapped in Gaza urges government to act before it is ‘too late’

Over 200 Britons remained stranded at the Rafah crossing as Egypt opened its borders to allow some foreign nationals and injured through

The Independent UK · Nov 1, 2023

Adelaide family of four among 20 Australians to flee Gaza via Egypt border

Adelaide family who escaped besieged enclave through Rafah as part of multinational deal say crossing border was ‘nerve-racking’ and took several attempts

The Guardian - AU · Nov 1, 2023

Palestinian Americans sue state department on behalf of relatives stuck in Gaza

Americans were provided flights from Israel after 7 October Hamas attack, but those in besieged Gaza Strip cannot leave

The Guardian - US · Nov 1, 2023

Confusion, frustration and hope at Gaza's border with Egypt as first foreign passport-holders depart

Hundreds of Palestinians with foreign passports and dozens of seriously wounded patients desperate to escape the war in Gaza have crowded at the black iron gate on the Egyptian border, hoping to pass through the enclave’s only portal to the outside world for the first time since the war began

The Independent UK · Nov 1, 2023

British teacher in Gaza turned away at Rafah border with ‘depleted’ supplies

Zaynab Wandawi, a British national born in Salford, was turned away at the Rafah border crossing into Egypt.

The Independent UK · Nov 1, 2023