IDF tanks take control of Gazan side of Rafah Crossing to Egypt

 

        IDF tanks take control of Gazan side of Rafah Crossing to Egypt on 7 May 2024

The Rafah crossing with Egypt was now disconnected from Gaza’s main north-south road, Salah a-Din. The IDF said some 20 gunmen were killed and troops located three “significant” tunnel shafts.

It remains unclear if Hamas still has tunnels running from the Rafah area into Egypt’s Sinai desert, which it had previously used to smuggle in weapons and supplies.

The Egyptian military over the past decade cracked down on the smuggling tunnels and destroyed hundreds of tunnels, saying they were used to funnel weapons to jihadist groups in Sinai.