Rafah

About 100,000 people are being directed to head for an "expanded humanitarian area" in Khan Younis and al-Mawasi. After seven months of war, Israel says it must ...

Israel launches strikes on eastern Rafah amid confusion over ceasefire negotiations; tanks reportedly seen on outskirts of city.

Biden administration officials decline to share details about proposal but say they are committed to reaching deal.

Palestinian civilians told to evacuate eastern Rafah by the Israeli military have described their fear and despair at being uprooted from their homes and ...

GENEVA (6 May 2024) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Monday warned that civilian deaths, suffering and destruction were set to ...

The Israeli military on Monday ordered tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians in Rafah to evacuate, a move indicating Israel's offensive on Gaza's ...

Hamas said earlier it had approved a ceasefire proposal but Israel's Netanyahu says it is "far from meeting" demands.

Palestinian militant group Hamas on Monday agreed to a Gaza ceasefire proposal from mediators, but Israel said the terms did not meet its demands and ...

JERUSALEM (AP): Hamas announced its acceptance on Monday (May 6) of an Egyptian-Qatari ceasefire proposal, but Israel said the deal did not meet its "core ...

Israeli leaders said they began striking targets in Gaza city of Rafah, hours after Hamas announced it had accepted an Egyptian-Qatari cease-fire proposal.

Gaza border authority confirms presence of Israel's tanks at crossing, sole gateway between Egypt and Gaza for humanitarian aid.

The Palestinian militant group Hamas said it had agreed to a cease-fire proposal for the Gaza Strip, but Israel's war Cabinet unanimously rejected it as ...

The Israeli military took control of the vital Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt on Tuesday, pushing into the southern Gazan town after a night ...

Hamas says it accepts cease-fire proposal, which Israel calls far from satisfying its demands.

Truce talks meanwhile are to resume in Cairo after Israel said terms which Hamas had agreed to were unacceptable. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ...

An Israeli tank brigade seized control Tuesday of the Gaza Strip side of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, authorities said, as cease-fire negotiations ...

The Israeli military says it is in control of the Rafah border point, hours after Hamas said it accepted a truce deal drawn up by Egypt.

Israeli forces moved on Rafah after Hamas said it had agreed to a Qatari-Egyptian brokered cease-fire proposal.

IDF sent tanks into city in southern Gaza on Tuesday as it said terms of ceasefire deal were undecided.

The Israeli military has seized control of the Gaza Strip side of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, moving forward with an offensive in the southern ...

Amid ongoing uncertainty about a ceasefire in Gaza, UN humanitarians have issued new data confirming the war's deeply damaging impact on women and girls ...

The Israeli military said on Tuesday it had taken operational control of the Palestinian side of Gaza's southern Rafah Crossing, which borders Egypt and has ...

Israeli forces have taken control of the Gaza side of the Rafah crossing into Egypt. A U.S. Border Patrol agent explains how he sees his agency's mission.

The move comes after hours of whiplash in the Israel-Hamas war, with the militant group saying it accepted an Egyptian-Qatari mediated cease-fire proposal.

UN and aid agencies urge Israel to halt Rafah incursion, warning Gaza is on brink of famine and needs humanitarian aid.

Israeli forces took "operational control" of the Gaza side of the vital Rafah border crossing as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed the ...

Andrew Mitchell says military action on city will not eradicate Hamas and priority is to secure a permanent ceasefire.

Defence minister says operation will continue until militant group is defeated or begins to free hostages.

It's a moment of truth for Biden's policy on Israel and the Palestinians – and at the least will make continued prevarication harder to disguise.

Biden administration says Israel has 'legitimate goal' in seizing Rafah crossing but calls for reopening the border.

The will to continue the war will produce another great humanitarian crisis, bigger than it is already.”

Displacement after displacement. That describes the reality facing thousands of Palestinian families in Gaza who took Rashid Street from Rafah to the centre ...

Official says final decision has not been made on shipment of thousands of bombs, which was halted amid review of the transfer of weapons.

A bomb shipment was halted last week over concerns Israel was going ahead with a Rafah offensive.

The U.S. has paused the shipment of thousands of weapons to Israel amid mounting tension over its plan to expand military operations in Rafah.

Biden's administration paused shipment of weapons in effort to prevent full-scale assault on Rafah, official says.

The move marks the first known time that the US has held up a potential weapons delivery since Hamas attacked Israel on October 7 and the Jewish state launched ...

Aid trucks mass at Gaza crossings while the UN warns closure of Rafah border makes 'disastrous' situation worse.

The shipment was supposed to be 1800 2000-pound bombs and 1700 500-pound bombs, according to an official, with the U.S. concern being how the explosives ...

Wednesday brought fresh calls for international pressure against an Israeli offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, with Qatar and the African Union ...

Hamas said it was battling Israeli troops on the outskirts of the Gaza Strip's crowded southern city of Rafah on Wednesday after a U.S. official said ...

More than 1 million civilians are sheltering in Rafah after evacuating other parts of Gaza amid Israel's war on Hamas, which came after the militant group's ...

Israeli tanks entered the southern Gaza city of Rafah on Tuesday, even as the country sent a delegation to Cairo to resume talks for a potential truce.

The Gaza Strip's Rafah border crossing with Egypt has been a key lifeline for people in the Palestinian enclave. Here is a timeline of events since Oct. 7, ...

Israel's seizure of the Gaza-Egypt crossing plunged the aid community into crisis, severing key supply lines and stranding international aid workers.

Biden administration says it is concerned about how the weapons would be used in urban areas of Gaza.

The forced movement of some 100,000 people and a full-scale ground offensive by the Israeli Defence Force will be catastrophic for older people sheltering ...

US officials have signalled to Israel that more arms shipments could be delayed if the Israeli military pushes ahead with an offensive in Rafah, Gaza, ...

Israel took control of the Gaza side of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt on Monday, and temporarily shuttered the Kerem Shalom crossing on the Israeli side ...

As battles raged on the outskirts of Rafah on Wednesday with Israeli forces closing in, Palestinians were on the move again, abandoning neighborhoods of the ...