Context: Egypt is wary of insecurity near the border with Gaza in Northeastern Senai, where it faced an Islamist insurgency that peaked after 2013, after that it is largely regulated allowing aid to enter and medical evacuees to leave but preventing any large scale movement.
About Rafah border crossing
- It is crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt and is the sole route for aid to enter Gaza directly outside Israel.
- It is only exit that does not lead to Israeli territory.
- The crossing is at the south of the Gaza Strip and wedged between Israel, Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea.
