Photo from Christian Science Monitor/Rich Clabaugh/STAFFFrom Christian Science Monitor:
The Rafah crossing is seen by Israel as a weapons supply line for Hamas and a humanitarian lifeline by Gazans.
Rafah, Egypt - This border town that sits between a war zone and the country trying to end the war has increasingly become the crux of a cease-fire deal between Hamas and Israel.
Egyptian mediators on Thursday continued to hold talks with representatives of Israel, the Palestinian Authority (PA), and Hamas to stop the conflict in the Gaza Strip as it entered its 13th day.
Israel launched air raids Wednesday on the Palestinian side of Rafah, targeting at least 25 houses alleged to contain some of the 1,500 tunnels under the border that serve as the supply lifeline for Hamas. On Thursday, Gazans reported heavy bombardment in the Israeli offensive that has killed some 700 Palestinians, and the United Nations said it was halting aid deliveries after a UN truck driver was killed by Israeli tank fire.
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