Nitzana Border Crossing
The Nitzana Border Crossing, also called the Eliav Border Crossing, is an international border crossing between El Ouga in Egypt and Nitzana in Israel.
History
Opened in 1982, the crossing used to handle pedestrians as well as private vehiles, with the majority of the crossing being taking place at the Taba Border Crossing in Eilat and the Rafah Border Crossing in Rafah, Israel decided to close the crossing to tourists. Following Israel's 2005 Gaza disengagement, Israel lost control of the Rafah Broder Crossing, so it examined the possibly of reopening the crossing to tourists., the terminal handles only commercial trade between the two nations. The terminal is open from Sunday to Thursday, 8:00 to 17:00. It is closed from Friday to Saturday as well as Jewish and Islamic holidays.
In February 2013, the crossing was named after Aryeh Eliav, who among other things founded the nearby Nitzana Youth Village.
On 2 June 2023, a trooper of the Central Security Forces crossed over the Egypt–Israel border into Israeli territory around the Nitzana Border Crossing, shooting three Israeli soldiers dead and injuring two others before he was killed in a shootout with the Israel Defense Forces.