Bedouin in Egypt's Sinai “release Fijian peacekeepers” (07.05.2012)

(Source:BBC)

The abductors reportedly demanded the authorities release from prison several fellow tribesmen, some of whom had been convicted of terrorism.

Armed Bedouin occupy UN monitors' base in Sinai (15.03.2012)

(Source:Haaretz)

Armed Bedouins entered a military base used by international peacekeepers in Egypt's Sinai region on Wednesday in an attempt to pressure local authorities into releasing fellow tribesmen from jail, security and tribal sources said on Thursday.

Egypt and Israel seek return to 'normal' ties (11.09.2011)

(Source:Al Jazeera)

Egypt and Israel have said they want a return to normal diplomatic activities after the Israeli ambassador flew home on Friday following the storming of the embassy in Cairo during violent protests.

Israel sends 2 warships to Egyptian border (30.08.2011)

(Source:The Daily Star)

The Israeli military says it has sent two more warships to the Red Sea border with Egypt following warnings that militants are planning another attack on southern Israel from Egyptian soil. Earlier this week, Israel's military ordered more troops to the border following intelligence reports of an impending attack.

Israel moves to ease strains with Egypt (25.08.2011)

(Source:Reuters AlertNet)

Israel offered on Thursday to investigate jointly with Egypt the killing of five Egyptian security personnel during an Israeli operation against cross-border raiders a week ago, violence that has strained relations with Cairo’s new rulers.

Egypt limits crossings at Gaza border (01.06.2011)

(Source:Washington Post)

Egypt reimposed restrictions Wednesday on the number of Palestinians allowed to enter from the Gaza Strip at the Rafah crossing, days after permanently opening the border point in a move to ease Israel’s blockade of the Hamas-ruled territory.

Gaza: Egypt 'to open Rafah crossing to Palestinians' (25.05.2011)

(Source:BBC)

Egypt is to open the Rafah border crossing into Gaza permanently to most Palestinians from Saturday, Egyptian state news agency Mena has said.

Egypt to throw open Rafah border crossing with Gaza: Foreign Minister (29.04.2011)

(Source:Reliefweb)

Egypt will permanently open the Rafah border crossing to ease the blockade on Gaza, Foreign Minister Nabil al-Arabi said Friday, sparking Israeli concerns over the implications for regional security.

Israel, Egypt negotiate terms of new Gaza truce (28.06.2009)

(Source:Haaretz / Israel)

Israel is holding talks with Egypt on a new cease-fire agreement in Gaza - the negotiations revolve around an Egyptian proposal within a broader effort to reconcile the two main Palestinian factions, Fatah and Hamas. Another plank in the broader agreement being discussed is the reopening of the crossings to the Gaza Strip, on the border with Sinai and Israel.

Egypt opens Gaza Strip border crossing for 72 hours (27.06.2009)

(Source:Haaretz / Israel)

Egypt opened its border crossing with the Gaza Strip Saturday for a period of 72 hours, giving permission to medical patients and Gazans with foreign residency to leave. Some 5,000 Palestinians have signed up to leave the Gaza Strip via the Rafah border terminal over the next three days.

Egypt opens Gaza border crossing (18.04.2009)

(Source:BBC / UK)

Egypt has opened its border crossing with the Gaza Strip at Rafah for two days for humanitarian cases. Authorities are allowing Palestinians needing medical treatment and students to enter Egypt and Gazans stranded in Egypt to return to their homes.

Egypt takes hard line against arms smuggling into Sinai (13.04.2009)

(Source:Haaretz / Israel)

Egyptian authorities have underscored their determination to combat foreign and domestic threats by highlighting their activities against arms smugglers in Sinai, including a clash yesterday in which police shot and killed a Bedouin suspected of running weapons into Gaza.

Egypt opens Gaza crossing briefly (18.03.2009)

(Source:BBC / UK)

Egypt has re-opened Rafah, the only Gaza border crossing that bypasses Israel, for two days to allow students and sick people to cross.

Egypt opens Gaza crossing to some (22.02.2009)

(Source:Asharq Al-Awsat / UK)

Egyptian authorities on Sunday started letting stranded students, third-country residents and medical patients leave Gaza through the usually closed border, a spokesman for Palestinian officials at the crossing said.

Egyptian troops mass on Sinai border to stave off further Bedouin clashes (12.11.2008)

(Quelle: Haaretz) An Egyptian security official says large numbers of security forces are heading to Egypt-Israel border area in an attempt to stave off any further Bedouin strife. Dozens of armored vehicles have already arrived at the border following violent clashes between angry Bedouins and police that led to killing of three Bedouins and injury of at least five policemen.

Egypt opens Gaza border crossing (04.11.2008)

(Quelle: Al Jazeera) Egypt has opened its border with the Gaza Strip to allow students and people needing medical at-tention to leave the besieged Palestinian territory. Adel Zurob, a Palestinian official at the crossing, said on Tuesday that at least 4,600 people should be allowed to enter Egypt through the Rafah bor-der crossing over a three- day period.

Palestinians break through Rafah crossing at Egypt border (02.07.2008)

(Quelle: Reliefweb) Hundreds of Palestinian travelers broke into the Egyptian side of Rafah crossing on Wednesday, a day after being stuck between the Palestinian and the Egyptian gates, witnesses said. Some of the travelers could cross into the Egyptian territory as Egyptian forces boosted its presence with anti-riot gear. The Egyptians also opened water cannons at the Palestinians who were pushing towards the gates.

Egypt sends police reinforcements to Gaza border (25.04.2008)

(Quelle: Reliefweb) Egypt sent hundreds of police officers to the sealed Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip on Friday to boost security and prevent any attempt by Palestinians to breach the frontier, security sources said. They said Egypt was responding to information it received that thousands of Palestinians planned to gather on the Gaza side of the border after Muslim Friday prayers to protest an Israeli-led blockade.

Militants entered Gaza from Egypt, Israelis say (01.10.2007)

(Quelle: New York Times) In a surprise move, about 80 Palestinians, including Hamas members and militants from other factions wanted by Israel, crossed from Egypt into the Gaza Strip before dawn on Sunday, according to Hamas and Israeli officials. The entry, through the closed Rafah crossing on the Gaza-Egypt border, was a result of what Hamas said was an agreement it made with Egypt. The Rafah crossing was closed in June.

Gazans urge reopening of Gaza-Egypt border (09.07.2007)

(Quelle: Reliefweb) Hamas supporters demonstrated in Gaza city on Saturday to demand the immediate opening of Gaza-Egypt border in order to end the plight of more than 6,000 Palestinians stranded in Egypt. All crossing points in Gaza Strip, including the Rafah border crossing, were closed since Hamas seized control of Gaza Strip in mid June, which was considered by President Mahmoud Abbas as a coup against the Palestinian Authority (PA).

Gaza straining at Egypt's door (18.06.2007)

(Quelle: Washington Post) All but sealed off by Egypt and Israel, Gaza presented an intensifying security concern to its neighbours and a fast-approaching humanitarian crisis Sunday, three days after its takeover by Hamas. … Egypt closed the border with Gaza last week when the fighting started. European Union monitors have suspended oversight at the frontier since Thursday because of security concerns. Egyptian officials said the decision to reopen Gaza's border would be made in consultation with the European Union and Israel. Israel has largely closed Gaza's other land borders since Hamas took over and has kept close watch of Gaza's Mediterranean shores.

Egypt observers killed in crash (06.05.2007)

(Quelle: BBC) Nine soldiers were killed when a plane belonging to a multi-national peacekeeping force crashed in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, officials said. … The crash occurred in clear weather at about 0900 local time (0600 GMT), in the remote, mountainous Sinai region, police said. 'The nine military personnel on board, eight French and one Canadian, all died in this tragic accident,' France's Ministry of Defence said in a statement, confirming earlier reports from Egyptian officials. The crew were on a training mission, an MFO spokesman said.

EU extends Gaza border mission for 6 months (14.11.2006)

(Quelle: Reuters AlertNet) The European Union has agreed to keep monitors stationed at Gaza's border crossing with Egypt for another six months, officials said on Tuesday. Some 70 European monitors have been overseeing the Rafah crossing under a 12-month agreement, which took effect at the end of November 2005 and was aimed at opening up Gaza after Israel withdrew following 38 years of occupation. EU foreign ministers approved the six-month extension of the monitoring mission to May 24, 2007 at a regular meeting in Brussels on Monday.

Peacekeepers targets of new Sinai attacks (27.04.2006)

(Quelle: New York Times) Two suicide bombers attacked members of a multinational peacekeeping force in the northern Egyptian Sinai on Wednesday, two days after a triple bomb attack killed nearly two dozen in a resort south of here. The suicide blasts were small, officials said, killing only the attackers while damaging two security vehicles. But their timing - so soon after Monday's attacks - and the location in one of the Egypt's highest security zones raised concerns that the country might again be faced with the kind of sustained terrorist threat it struggled to suppress a decade ago.

Israeli cabinet approves EU monitors (02.11.2005)

(Quelle: New York Times) The Israeli cabinet has approved the presence of EU observers at the Rafah Crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt as talks continue over the reopening of the border crossing. Israeli ministers on Tuesday agreed to a compromise negotiated with Egypt prior to the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza that would see the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Egypt operate the Rafah Crossing with EU inspectors monitoring civilian traffic arriving from Egypt. It would be the first time that the EU has become actively involved on the ground in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, though it is far from certain that the Union will approve the long-term dispatch of monitors to the region, which it has yet to discuss. 

Israel agrees to Gaza-Egypt reopening (27.10.2005)

(Quelle: Washington Post) Israel agreed Wednesday to allow the crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip to reopen with the deployment of foreign monitors, a step toward easing the strip's isolation following the completion of the Israeli withdrawal last month. … There was no announcement on what country would provide a monitoring delegation, but the European Union has offered inspectors for the task, which is still being defined.

Israelis warm to security role for EU on Gaza's border with Egypt (19.09.2005)

(Quelle: The Independent) The European Union may be given a security role at the border between Egypt and Gaza in a significant escalation of its involvement in the Middle East peace process. … A decision to invite the EU to help supervise the crossing would underline a shift of attitude by the Israeli government, which has traditionally viewed Brussels with suspicion. Some diplomats believe the Israelis now think that an EU involvement could demonstrate the scale of the security problems to sceptical European governments.

Egypt, Israel sign Gaza border deal (02.09.2005)

(Quelle: ISN Security Watch) Israel and Egypt signed a deal on Thursday that allows the deployment of a 750-strong Egyptian army border patrol along the Gaza-Egypt border following an Egyptian commitment to prevent the passage of weapons and munitions to Palestinian militants. ... A new clause has been added to the 1979 peace agreement between Egypt and Israel overturning the demilitarization of the Sinai. The amendment, coined an “additional security measure”, was signed on Thursday at an undisclosed military installation in Cairo.

Sinai blast hurts 2 peacekeepers (16.08.2005)

(Quelle: New York Times) Two Canadian peacekeepers suffered minor injuries on Monday morning when a roadside bomb exploded less than a mile from the Sinai military base where international troops are stationed to monitor the peace accord between Egypt and Israel. As the peacekeepers drove by, a gas canister planted on the side of the road was detonated by an electric wire, the governor of North Sinai, Ahmed Abdel Hamid, told Egyptian state television. A second wired gas canister that failed to blow up was found at the site, Mr. Hamid said.