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Wofag in the region of Shamāl Sīnāʼ is a town in Egypt - some 191 mi or ( 307 km ) North-East of Cairo , the country's capital city .
Current time in Wofag is now 04:32 PM (Tuesday) . The local timezone is named " Africa/Cairo " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Damascus, Amman, Tyre, Beirut, and Shukat as Sufi. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Damascus . We encountered some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Wofag ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
Videos
Gaza War
Stop the Gaza War. Both Parties are as bad as each other but why should the children suffer? Please do what you can to share this video and get the war stopped. If you have children just look into you ..
The War Tapes: Israeli UAV over Rafah
Unedited footage of Israeli UAV flying over the Palestinian city of Rafah on the 30th of December 2008, during the recent massacres. Most probably is a Heron used for surveillance only, without weapon ..
قافلة جالاوي الجديدة تمر من سيناء الى غزة
من مدونة سيناء حيث أنا alanany.wordpress.com قافلة النائب في مجلس العموم البريطاني جورج جالاوي الثانية الجديدة تعبر مدينة الشيخ زويد قادمة من مدينة العريش في طريقها لمعبر رفح ثم غزة Convoy of the depu ..
RCASC Montréal à Gaza ONU UNEF 1957-1958 Partie 1 de 12
WO1 Jean-Louis Landry en assignation avec les troupes canadiennes pour l'ONU en Égypte avec le RCASC de novembre 1957 à mai 1958. Voyage de Montréal à Gaza via Bagotville, Gander, Açores, Gibraltar, N ..
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Interesting facts about this location
Sufa, Sinai
Sufa was an Israeli settlement and kibbutz in Sinai. Located two kilometres east of Yamit, it was evacuated as part of the Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty in 1982. Its former residents established a new kibbutz by the same name in the north-western Negev desert near the border with the Gaza Strip. Sufa was established in 1974 as a Nahal settlement, its name derived from the severe dust storms which occurred in the area. On 17 January 1977 it was recognised as a kibbutz.
Located at 31.24 34.19 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Dikla
Dikla (Palm) was an Israeli settlement in the northeastern part of the Sinai Peninsula established during Israel's occupation of the peninsula from the end of the 1967 Six-Day War, until that part of the Sinai was handed over to Egypt in 1982 as part of the terms of the 1979 Israel-Egypt Peace Treaty. Located in the Rafah Plain region south of the Gaza Strip, Dikla was established in May 1969 as a pioneer Nahal outpost known as Dekalim (palms).
Located at 31.22 34.12 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Avshalom, Sinai
Avshalom was an Israeli settlement in the Sinai Peninsula. Avshalom was founded in 1973, next to Sadot. It was named Merkaz Sadot (lit. Sadot Center) and later Yad On (lit. Hand of Strength). In 1979, it was renamed in honor of Avshalom Feinberg, a leader of the Nili espionage network who had died in Sinai during World War I. Avshalom was dismantled three years later as a result of the Camp David Accords. In 1990 a new communal settlement by the same name was founded in Israel.
Located at 31.21 34.20 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Battle of Rafah (1948)
The Battle of Rafah was a military engagement between the Israel Defense Forces and the Egyptian Army in the final stage of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. It was fought on January 3–8, 1949, just south of Rafah, today in the Gaza Strip. The battle was initiated by Israel as part of Operation Horev, on the backdrop of the Sinai battles just before. The Israelis were hoping to encircle all Egyptian forces in Palestine and drive them back to Egypt.
Located at 31.23 34.22 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Battle of Rafa
The Battle of Rafa, also known by the British as the Action of Rafah, took place on 9 January 1917 completed the recapture of the Sinai Peninsula during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of the First World War. Desert Column attacked the entrenched Ottoman Army garrison at el Magruntein to the south of Rafa, close to the frontier between the Sultanate of Egypt and the Ottoman Empire, in the area to the north and east of Sheikh Zowaiid.
Located at 31.17 34.14 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
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