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  • The Israelis have repeatedly bombed Gaza's 15 km (nine mile) border with Egypt -- which they call the Philadelphi corridor -- to demolish tunnels used to ferry in arms and commercial goods.

    Top Stories - Google News 2009

  • If you're in Philadelphi tonight (1/25/08), why not head on over to the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society and hear Paul Levinson talk about Science Fiction in the Current Golden Age of Television.

    January 2008 2008

  • If you're in Philadelphi tonight (1/25/08), why not head on over to the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society and hear Paul Levinson talk about Science Fiction in the Current Golden Age of Television.

    Tube Bits for 01/25/2008 2008

  • Five of the strikes targeted tunnels along Gaza's border with Egypt, used to smuggle weapons into the coastal enclave, in a zone known as the Philadelphi corridor.

    Mail & Guardian Online 2009

  • The name Philadelphi was randomly chosen by the Israeli army as a code name for the border zone, which divides the town of Rafah into two, one Palestinian, one Egyptian.

    Breaking News - The Post Chronicle 2009

  • Speaking at the end of the weekly cabinet meeting, Yuval Diskin said he fears the situation along the border, known as the Philadelphi route, will return to the pre-war status quo unless agreements with the US and Egypt on greater surveillance are followed through.

    Matthew Yglesias » King and Nonviolence 2009

  • Through the middle out it, there is actually a barrier road called the Philadelphi (ph) road patrolled by Israeli soldiers.

    CNN Transcript Jun 21, 2007 2007

  • Much of the diplomacy focuses on an area of southern Gaza just across the Egyptian border known as the Philadelphi corridor that serves as a weapons smuggling route, making Egypt critical to both sides in any deal.

    Yahoo! News: Top Stories 2009

  • Much of the diplomacy focuses on an area of southern Gaza just across the Egyptian border known as the Philadelphi corridor that serves as a weapons smuggling route, making Egypt critical to both sides in any deal.

    Yahoo! News: Top Stories 2009

  • The Israeli air force targeted tunnels along Gaza's border with Egypt in an area known as the Philadelphi corridor.

    euronews 2009

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