Israel Expands Evacuation Order In Rafah
Israel announced a wider evacuation order in Rafah, a southern city in Gaza, on Saturday ahead of its expected ground assault to finish off Hamas’ major stronghold. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF)…
Israel determined to take Rafah despite ‘potential breach’ with U.S.
By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel will take control of Rafah even if it causes a rift with the United States, a senior Israeli official said on Thursday, describing the Gazan…
Top US diplomat Blinken to visit Israel amid tensions over Gaza’s Rafah
(Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Israel on Friday in an expansion of his Middle East trip, State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said on Wednesday. The visit comes…
Egypt: US should make clear to Israel consequences of Rafah operation
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s foreign minister said on Monday the U.S. should make clear to Israel what the consequences of a military push into the south Gaza city of Rafah on the…
Israel intensifies strikes on Gaza’s Rafah, large family killed in home
By Bassam Masoud, Ibraheem Abu Mustafa and Nidal al-Mughrabi RAFAH, Gaza Strip/CAIRO (Reuters) – Israel intensified its bombardment of Rafah in Gaza’s south and over a dozen members of one family were…
Gaza death toll rises to 29,313, Rafah residents killed in strike
By Bassam Masoud, Ibraheem Abu Mustafa and Nidal al-Mughrabi RAFAH, Gaza Strip/CAIRO (Reuters) – Israel stepped up its bombardment of the southern city of Rafah, residents said on Wednesday, as the death…
As Rafah braces for Israeli ground assault, Biden says ‘ceasefire’ more often
By Steve Holland, Michelle Nichols, Humeyra Pamuk and David Brunnstrom WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden spent months wanting a “pause” in the fighting between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. But…
Aid groups warn of Rafah ‘bloodbath’ if Israel advances
GENEVA (Reuters) – Any Israeli military advance into southern Gaza’s Rafah area could cause mass deaths among the more than a million Palestinians trapped there, with humanitarian aid in danger of collapse,…
As Israel attacks Rafah, US offers only words of caution
By Humeyra Pamuk TEL AVIV (Reuters) – U.S. officials made their most pointed criticism so far of Israel’s civilian casualties in Gaza as it turns the focus of its offensive to Rafah,…
Displaced Gazans cram into Rafah despite fears of attack
By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Maggie Fick CAIRO/BEIRUT (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians have crammed into the Rafah area on Gaza’s border with Egypt to escape Israeli bombardments, the United…
Explainer-Why Gaza’s Rafah border crossing matters, and why Egypt is keeping it shut
(Reuters) – The Rafah crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt is the sole route for aid to enter Gaza directly from outside Israel and the only exit that does not lead…
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