Via Wikimedia Commons (An aerial view showing destruction in Rafah after Israeli forces withdrawal and as the ceasefire took hold, Gaza Strip)

Rafah

Arcs in and about Rafah from the outlets we track, each followed from its first story to its last, with who covered it.

Place · 230 stories · 1,943 articles · earliest story we hold Oct 14, 2023

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The Israel-Hamas war: hunger, famine and the fight over aid to Gaza

1 of 191 stories this year · 7 about Rafah · gone quiet

Famine has ended in Gaza. But the gains are fragile and it could get worse · 10 articles, Jul 23
The Israel-Hamas war: the ICC warrants and the genocide accusations

1 of 54 stories this year · 4 about Rafah · gone quiet

Israel deliberately targeting children in ongoing genocide against Palestinians, UN commission finds · 12 articles, Jun 23
The Israel-Hamas war: Trump's peace plan, the 2025 cease-fire and what followed

55 of 104 stories this year · 5 about Rafah

Gaza is entering the second phase of the ceasefire plan, U.S. envoy says · 13 articles, Jan 14US names Rubio, Blair and Kushner in Gaza board under Trump's plan · 10 articles, Jan 14Trump taps Tony Blair, US military head for Gaza · 6 articles, Jan 17Israel objects to U.S. announcement of leaders who will help oversee next steps in Gaza · 12 articles, Jan 17Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ for Gaza to require $1 billion payment for permanent membership · 18 articles, Jan 18Divisions emerge among western European nations over Trump's Board of Peace for Gaza · 5 articles, Jan 18Putin invited to join Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ for Gaza, Kremlin says · 16 articles, Jan 18Israel's Netanyahu accepts invitation to join Trump's Board of Peace · 16 articles, Jan 19Trump rolls out his Board of Peace at the Davos forum, but many top U.S. allies aren’t participating · 36 articles, Jan 20Kushner's vision for rebuilding Gaza faces major obstacles · 6 articles, Jan 23Israel launches 'large-scale operation' to locate last hostage in Gaza · 9 articles, Jan 25Gaza-Egypt border reopens nearly two years after Israel closed it, official says · 34 articles, Jan 26Israel recovers last hostage body from Gaza, paving way for crossing to open · 61 articles, Jan 26Board of Peace set to give Trump sweeping powers over Gaza · 7 articles, Jan 27Israeli strikes on Gaza kill at least 21 Palestinians including women and children · 38 articles, Jan 30Israeli military reportedly acknowledges 70,000 killed in Gaza after previously casting doubt on health ministry’s count · 12 articles, Jan 30Israeli strikes kill over 30 in Gaza, health ministry says, in deadliest day in months · 11 articles, Jan 31Gaza’s Rafah crossing partially reopens after nearly 2 years of closure · 6 articles, Feb 1Gaza: Rafah border crossing partially reopens · 31 articles, Feb 1Palestinians allowed in to Gaza and patients are evacuated to Egypt as the Rafah crossing reopens · 16 articles, Feb 2Confusion at reopening of Rafah crossing leaves Palestinians stranded · 4 articles, Feb 7Trump says Board of Peace will unveil $5 billion in Gaza reconstruction pledges at inaugural meeting · 7 articles, Feb 15Trump’s Board of Peace Takes on Gaza · 30 articles, Feb 15Trump gathers members of Board of Peace for first meeting, with some U.S. allies wary · 38 articles, Feb 18Israel says it killed leader of Hamas’ military wing, one of the architects of Oct. 7 attacks · 26 articles, May 15Israel kills chief of Hamas armed wing in Gaza strike · 13 articles, May 26Netanyahu says he directed Israeli military to take over 70% of Gaza · 10 articles, May 28What's behind Hamas's move to dissolve Gaza government · 13 articles, Jul 6Israel’s latest strikes kill a dozen people in Gaza including police officers · 15 articles, Jul 12EU rallies dozens of nations to pledge $1 billion for recovery fund in Gaza · 11 articles, Jul 13An Israeli strike on a funeral in Gaza kills 7 people and wounds 22, a local hospital says · 13 articles, Jul 15Israeli strikes in Gaza kill 3 children and 6 adults, health officials say · 17 articles, Jul 18Israel is building a miles-long earthen barrier inside Gaza, entrenching its division · 20 articles, Jul 21Israel’s response to Trump’s Gaza peace plan: Silence from Netanyahu and a weekend of deadly strikes · 115 articles, Jul 30Hamas Agreed to Disarm. That Doesn’t Mean It Will. · 139 articles, Jul 30Trump announces Hamas disarmament agreement as part of Gaza peace plan · 7 articles, Jul 30Israel says it has serious concerns with Hamas disarmament deal · 13 articles, Aug 2Board of Peace envoy meets with Netanyahu on Gaza disarmament deal and urges a halt to strikes · 7 articles, Aug 3Israeli leader Netanyahu says Israel will not withdraw from Gaza until Hamas has been completely disarmed · 16 articles, Aug 3Palestinians hold mass funeral for 112 bodies finally recovered from a 2023 Gaza strike · 27 articles, Aug 4Uganda approves sending troops for international force in Gaza · 12 articles, Aug 6Netanyahu rejects plan to disarm Hamas in rare break with Trump · 183 articles, Aug 9Kushner in Israel, trying to get Gaza peace plan back on track · 101 articles, Aug 13Top U.S. commander visits aircraft carrier, Gaza talks in Egypt and other Mideast news · 14 articles, Aug 16Israel’s Ben-Gvir advocates killing ’30 to 40′ people in Gaza nightly while speaking to ex-hostage · 15 articles, Aug 16UAE, Saudi Arabia, others condemn Israel's rejection of Trump Gaza plan · 4 articles, Aug 16Israel’s deadly Gaza strikes cast more doubt on ceasefire progress days after Kushner visit · 13 articles, Aug 18Uganda and Burundi military officials visit Israel to discuss Gaza troop deployment · 3 articles, Aug 24Israeli strikes kill at least five Palestinians in Gaza City · 25 articles, Aug 27Israeli strike in Gaza kills 4 including children and other Mideast developments · 15 articles, Sep 6War-damaged Gaza building collapses, killing 20 people sheltering inside · 51 articles, Sep 16Fatal building collapse highlights dangers plaguing Gaza nearly a year after ceasefire · 6 articles, Sep 18Trump's Board of Peace proposes $2.45 billion blueprint to begin Gaza reconstruction · 32 articles, Sep 23Board of Peace has met with UNRWA despite saying it has no Gaza role, agency's ex-chief says · 9 articles, Sep 25Palestinian death toll in Gaza war passes 74,000 · 13 articles, Sep 27

Coverage over timeindependent sources per week, by side, every year we hold

20231433 articles20245402 articles20251141 articles2026125 articles

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Oct 9, 202328118
Oct 16, 202328458317
Oct 23, 202312239132
Oct 30, 2023185013326
Nov 6, 2023817755
Nov 13, 2023710164
Nov 20, 2023203810203
Nov 27, 202334224
Dec 4, 2023611277
Dec 25, 202337227
Jan 1, 20241305
Jan 8, 202416264134
Jan 15, 202423130
Jan 29, 20241319
Feb 5, 2024285113286
Feb 12, 2024304519334
Feb 19, 2024243611201
Feb 26, 202478234
Mar 4, 202437330
Mar 11, 202414238114
Mar 18, 2024243911257
Mar 25, 20249141055
Apr 1, 202467554
Apr 8, 2024152812150
Apr 15, 202422196116
Apr 22, 202418438297
Apr 29, 2024176616323
May 6, 2024298624656
May 13, 2024276318369
May 20, 2024162914150
May 27, 2024357018446
Jun 3, 2024981037
Jun 10, 202411259129
Jun 17, 20241315377
Jun 24, 20241015271
Jul 1, 202422120
Jul 15, 202434013
Jul 22, 202445240
Aug 19, 202426111
Aug 26, 2024153212140
Sep 2, 2024512665
Oct 14, 2024182419160
Nov 11, 20240023
Nov 18, 20241319
Jan 6, 202548743
Jan 13, 20250011
Jan 20, 20254309
Jan 27, 202513201094
Feb 3, 2025202919200
Feb 10, 202525317
Feb 17, 2025114248
Mar 17, 20251018777
Mar 24, 202524416
Mar 31, 2025817670
Apr 7, 2025612346
Apr 14, 20250317
May 26, 2025312340
Jun 2, 2025813141
Jun 9, 202576425
Jul 7, 202569129
Jul 14, 202515110
Jul 28, 202548337
Aug 18, 2025715243
Oct 13, 2025417961
Oct 20, 202547315
Oct 27, 202549628
Dec 1, 20250317
Dec 29, 20251306
Jan 26, 2026511434
Feb 2, 2026811351

Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.

Everything else1 story in 2026 not part of any arc, newest first

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  1. Jan 2A grandmother and her grandson burn to death in a Gaza tent; Angelina Jolie visits Rafah crossing6 articles · 5 independent sources
    1 left, 3 center, 0 right
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