Rafah

Rafah belt Palestinjana fin-Nofsinhar tal-Medda ta' Gaża. Hija l-kapitali tal-gvernatorat ta' Rafah u tinsab  fin-nofsinhar ta' Gaża, fuq il-fruntiera ma' l-Eġittu (qsim ta' Rafah). Il-popolazzjoni ta' Rafah hija  (2017), fil-biċċa l-kbira magħmula minn refuġjati Palestinjani ospitati f'żewġ kampijiet tar-refuġjati, Camp Canada (As-Sultan) fit-tramuntana u Camp Rafah fin-nofsinhar.

Meta l-Iżrael irtira mis-Sinaj fl-1982, il-belt ta' Rafah kienet maqsuma f'parti ta' Gaża u parti Eġizzjana, li tifred il-familji, separati minn barrieri tal-wajer imxewwek. Cinderella in Rafah. Al-Ahram, Issue No. 761, 22–28 September 2005 The Evolution of the Egypt-Israel Boundary: From Colonial Foundations to Peaceful Borders, pp. 3, 9, 18. Nurit Kliot, Boundary and Territory Briefing, Volume 1 Number 8. At Google books Iċ-ċentru tal-belt ġie meqrud minn IżraelRazing Rafah — Mass Home Demolitions in the Gaza Strip, pp. 27–28 and 52–66 (PDF text version) on, Summary:. The report on refworld:. Human Rights Watch (HRW), October 2004.Supplementary Appeal for Rafah. UNRWA, May 2004.PCHR, Uprooting Palestinian Trees And Leveling Agricultural Land – The tenth Report on Israeli Land Sweeping and Demolition of Palestinian Buildings and Facilities in the Gaza Strip 1 April 2003 – 30 April 2004 On u l-EġittuEgyptian military doubling buffer zone with Gaza, demolishing nearly 1,220 more homes. Associated Pres, 8 January 2015.“Look for Another Homeland”. Human Rights Watch, September 2015 biex tinħoloq żona ta 'lqugħ.

Rafah huwa s-sit tal- qsim tal-fruntiera ta' Rafah, l-uniku punt ta' qsim bejn l-Eġittu u l- Istat tal-Palestina . L-uniku ajruport ta’ Gaża, l-Ajruport Internazzjonali Yasser Arafat, kien jinsab fin-nofsinhar tal-belt; operat biss mill-1998 sal-2001, meta kien ibbumbardjat u mwaqqa’ mill- Armata Iżraeljana (IDF) b’ritaljazzjoni wara l-qtil ta’ suldati Iżraeljani minn membri tal-Ħamas .

Matul is-snin Rafah kien magħruf bħala " Robihwa " mill-Eġizzjani tal-qedem, "Rafihu" mill- Assirjani, "Ῥαφία, Rhaphia "Polybii Historiae [5,80]. mill-Griegi, " Raphia " mir- Rumani, רפיח " Rafiaḥ " mil-Lhud, "Rafh" mill-Kalifat Għarbi.

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