Some 110,000 Palestinians have fled Rafah, according to the UNRWA, since Israel began advancing troops towards the east of Rafah and intensifying attacks. The ...
UNRWA official accuses Israel of subjecting Gaza to 'medieval siege' as 110000 Palestinians flee Rafah.
Israeli forces seize control over Gaza’s border with Egypt with heavy fighting under way as troops push deeper in the civilian-packed west of Rafah city.; At least 25 Palestinians are killed in ...
Sifting through the damage on Tuesday in Rafah, Gaza. Haitham Imad/EPA, via Shutterstock A view over Rafah after Israeli strikes. Menahem Kahana/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Palestinians ...
WHY RAFAH IS SO CRITICAL. Since Israel declared war in response to Hamas’ deadly cross-border attack on Oct. 7, Netanyahu has said a central goal is to destroy the Islamic group’s military capabilities.. Israel says Rafah is Hamas’ last major stronghold in the Gaza Strip, after operations elsewhere dismantled 18 out of the militant group’s 24 battalions, according to the military.
When Israel’s push into Rafah began on May 6, the military said it was carrying out a limited operation against Hamas battalions in the city, which lies along Gaza’s border with Egypt. Israeli ...
Updated 8:02 PM PDT, May 7, 2024. CAIRO (AP) — Israeli troops seized control of Gaza’s vital Rafah border crossing on Tuesday in what the White House described as a limited operation, as fears mount of a full-scale invasion of the southern city and talks with Hamas over a cease-fire and hostage release remain on a knife’s edge.
Israel's military issued new evacuation orders in Gaza's southernmost city of Rafah, forcing even more Palestinians to relocate on Saturday ahead of a likely expanded ground operation there.
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli shelling and airstrikes killed at least 37 people, most of them sheltering in tents, outside the southern Gaza city of Rafah overnight and on Tuesday ...
Israel’s seizure of the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt was a “dangerous escalation that aims to exacerbate the humanitarian situation,” Osama Hamdan, a Hamas representative ...
Israel's army tells Palestinians to evacuate parts of Rafah. News that Hamas accepted a cease-fire proposal — on the eve of the Gaza war's seven-month mark — briefly raised hopes for some that ...
Palestinians in Rafah pack belongings into a truck after Israel's evacuation order, May 6, 2024. Gazans began leaving eastern Rafah on Monday after Israel’s military issued a call for residents ...