Israel strikes Rafah defying UN court
Israeli air strikes and artillery pounded Rafah on Saturday, as the government dismissed a UN top court鈥檚 order to immediately halt its military offensive in the southern...
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ICJ orders Israel to halt assault on Rafah
The top United Nations court on Friday ordered Israel to halt military operations in Rafah 鈥榠mmediately鈥�, a landmark ruling likely to increase mounting international pressure on...
Fighting rages聽in Rafah after聽first aid delivery
Heavy clashes and bombardment Saturday rocked Gaza鈥檚 southern city of Rafah as the Israeli military announced the first humanitarian aid had entered the...
13 countries urge restraint from Israel over Rafah
Thirteen Western countries, including many traditionally supportive of Israel, appealed to it Friday not to launch a large-scale offensive on Rafah.
Israel vows to 鈥榠ntensify鈥� operations聽in Rafah
Israel vowed on Thursday to 鈥榠ntensify鈥� its ground offensive in Rafah, in defiance of global warnings over the fate of hundreds of thousands of Palestinian civilians...
Israeli tanks push into Rafah
Israel鈥檚 military operation in Rafah has set truce negotiations with Hamas 鈥榖ackward鈥�, mediator Qatar said on Tuesday, adding that talks have reached...
Fighting rocks Gaza despite US warning
Israel battled Hamas in Gaza on Monday, including in far-southern Rafah, despite US warnings against a full-scale invasion of the crowded city and...
Over 100,000 people have fled Gaza鈥檚 Rafah: UN
Over 100,000 people have fled Rafah in recent days, the United Nations said Friday, with the southern Gaza city under threat of a full-scale Israeli ground invasion....
Rafah struck after Biden warning on arms transfers
Smoke rose from strikes on Gaza鈥檚 crowded southern city of Rafah on Thursday after US president Joe Biden vowed to cut off artillery shells and other weapons supplied to Israel if a full-scale offensive into the city goes ahead...
Israel sends tanks into Rafah, seizes key crossing
Israeli sent tanks into Rafah in southern Gaza, seizing control of the border crossing with Egypt on Tuesday, an operation the United Nations said...
Israel orders evacuation from聽Rafah area
Israel鈥檚 military on Monday called for the evacuation of Palestinians from eastern Rafah ahead of a ground invasion of the city, as Gaza aid officials said Israeli jets struck...
Ahead of feared Rafah invasion, Palestinians mourn dead
Palestinians on Thursday mourned over people killed in Israeli bombardment of Rafah, the southern Gaza city where Israel says it is advancing plans for a ground invasion...
Rafah is Netanyahu鈥檚 last fig leaf
RAFAH is not a military base, nor does it have any geopolitical significance. It is, however, Netanyahu鈥檚 last chance for political survival and exoneration from criminal...