In Rafah, the final – and most deadly – stage of this genocide is upon us | Israel War on Gaza
For many years, every time I travelled to Gaza to visit my family, I passed through the Rafah crossing, the border between the besieged Gaza…
Exodus from Rafah as Israel ramps up strikes on south Gaza | Israel War on Gaza News
The Israeli military has launched a new wave of air raids and artillery fire in southern Gaza, forcing Palestinians to flee overcrowded Rafah in advance…
Erdogan, el-Sisi demand Israel halt looming offensive on Rafah | Israel War on Gaza News
Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in Cairo as relations warm following years of tensions. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Egyptian President Abdel…
Has Israel committed war crimes in Rafah, Gaza’s southernmost city? | Israel War on Gaza News
EXPLAINERAmnesty International warns Israel has already violated international law in Rafah in four assaults since December. At least 95 people, including 42 children, have been…
South Africa urges ICJ to consider action on Israel’s planned Rafah assault | Israel War on Gaza News
World Court asked to order additional emergency measures ahead of an assault on Gaza city crammed with displaced people. South Africa says it has asked…
Journalists seriously injured in Israeli drone strike in Rafah | Gaza
NewsFeedAn Israeli drone strike has targeted two journalists in Muraj, north of Rafah, including Al Jazeera Arabic correspondent, Ismail Abu Omar who doctors say is…
Families flee Rafah in Gaza, fearing more Israeli attacks | Gaza
NewsFeedMore than a million Palestinians fled to Rafah in Gaza to seek refuge from Israel’s war. Now, fearing a ground offensive and more attacks from…
Israeli attacks kill dozens in Rafah as two captives are rescued | Gaza
NewsFeedAt least 63 people were reported killed in Israeli air attacks that its military said were providing cover for an operation to rescue two captives…
No breakthrough in Gaza war truce talks as Rafah braces for Israeli assault | Israel War on Gaza News
Talks between the United States, Egypt, Israel and Qatar on a possible Gaza truce have ended without a breakthrough as calls grow for Israel to…
‘There will be massacres’: Palestinians in Rafah speak of their fears | Israel War on Gaza
Rafah, Gaza Strip – About 1.5 million Palestinians, most of them displaced, are squeezed into the small city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.…
Two orphaned teens got their seven siblings to Rafah; now they live in fear | Israel War on Gaza
Deir el-Balah/Rafah, Gaza – In a little tent in Rafah, 15-year-old Nagham al-Yaziji and her brother Mohammad, 14, are holding down the fort as best…
The aftermath of Israeli strikes on Rafah | Israel War on Gaza News
At least 67 people were killed in air raids on the overcrowded city of Rafah, according to a statement from the Hamas-run territory’s Ministry of…
Biden ramps up pressure on Netanyahu over plans for Rafah attack
The Biden administration, aid agencies and other world leaders have urged Netanyahu to call off his plans to invade the southern Gaza city, which had…
Israel strikes Rafah, says two captives freed | Israel War on Gaza News
Air raids come as Palestinians in Rafah brace for offensive that aid agencies fear will cause massive casualties. Israel has carried out air strikes in…
Hamas warns Israeli invasion of Rafah will ‘torpedo’ truce talks | Israel War on Gaza News
Palestinian group issues warning as Biden says Israel shouldn’t invade without ‘credible’ plan to protect civilians. Hamas has warned Israel that a ground offensive in…
World leaders condemn Israel’s plans to storm Rafah
1 of 3 | Palestinians mourn after identifying the bodies of relatives killed in overnight Israeli bombardment on the southern Gaza Strip, at Al-Najjar hospital…
Israel’s Netanyahu pushes back on international concerns about an attack on Rafah
National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby warned the U.S. would not support Israel’s assault on the region, warning that a military operation would be a…
‘We’re going to do it’: Israeli PM set on invasion of Rafah | Israel War on Gaza News
Israel is determined to advance with its unspecified plans to invade the city of Rafah in southern Gaza, where millions of displaced Palestinians are sheltering. Prime…
Israeli strikes kill 44 Palestinians in Rafah after Netanyahu warns of ground invasion
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry warned that any Israeli ground offensive on Rafah would have “disastrous consequences,” and asserted that Israel aims to eventually force…
Airstrikes herald Rafah offensive; Saudis seek ‘urgent’ Security Council meeting
1 of 3 | Palestinians inspect a house destroyed in an Israeli bombardment on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Thursday. Some 110 people,…