The Nitzana Border Crossing ( ar, معبر نيتسانا, he, מעבר ניצנה) is an international border crossing between El Ouga and Nitzana,

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

. Opened in 1982, the crossing used to handle pedestrians as well as private cars but most of the crossing was being done via the

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and the Rafah Border Crossing in Rafah that the Israelis decided to shut down the crossing to tourists. There is talk of possibly reopening the crossing to tourists now that the Rafah crossing is no longer in Israeli control. Today 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 Aryeh "Lova" Eliav ( he, אריה "לובה" אליאב, 21 November 1921 – 30 May 2010), was an Israeli politician. He served as a member of the Knesset for several factions in three spells between 1965 and 1992. Biography Lev Lipschitz (la ...

, who among other things founded the nearby Nitzana Youth Village.

Egyptian terminal

The Egyptian terminal is accessible via the Ismaïlia- Abu Ujaylah highway in Shamal Sina' (North Sinai).

Israeli terminal

Transportation to and from the terminal

The Israeli border terminal can be reached via the Route 211 which ends at Nitzana Border Crossing, also Highway 10 passes through the crossing. The border terminal can also be reached by Metropoline bus number 44 from

Beersheba Beersheba or Beer Sheva, officially Be'er-Sheva ( he, בְּאֵר שֶׁבַע, ''Bəʾēr Ševaʿ'', ; ar, بئر السبع, Biʾr as-Sabʿ, Well of the Oath or Well of the Seven), is the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel. ...

's central bus station. מראה ניצנה בנגב-JNF022171

References

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Nitzana Border Terminal info
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