Israeli strikes killed 107 Palestinians and left 176 wounded in 24 hours. Palestinian medics say Israeli forces targeted Rafah in southern Gaza, killing 30 civilians. Despite warnings from international leaders, Israel continues bombing Rafah. It is planning a ground invasion of southern Gaza, which currently houses about 1.4 million displac...
Arab foreign ministers and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met in Cairo seeking to broker a cease-fire in Gaza. Attendees included officials from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan, the UAE, and the Palestine Authority. Blinken’s discussions with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi emphasized cease-fire negotiations. Blinken ...
Washington, United States – AFP US President Joe Biden told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Monday he was deeply concerned by Israeli plans for a ground operation in Gaza’s Rafah, the White House said. Biden added that an offensive would be a “mistake”. Netanyahu had also agreed to Biden’s request to send a dele...
Palestinian Territories – AFP Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Sunday to send ground forces into Gaza’s southern Rafah city despite international fears for the fate of Palestinian civilians sheltering there. The right-wing premier stressed that “no amount of international pressure will stop us from realising al...
Washington, United States – AFP The White House said Friday it wanted to see Israel’s plan for an operation in Gaza’s Rafah that protects civilians, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved the military’s proposal for an offensive. “We haven’t seen it. We certainly would welcome the opportunity to se...
Palestinian Territories – AFP Gaza’s health ministry said on Friday that Israeli fire killed 20 people and wounded 155 waiting to receive desperately needed aid in the besieged territory, but Israel claimed the reports were “erroneous”. The health ministry in Gaza accused Israeli troops of opening fire from “tanks...
Geneva, Switzerland — AFP Israel’s planned ground assault on Rafah in the Gaza Strip would contravene the orders issued by the United Nations’ highest court, the UN human rights chief has said. On January 26, the International Court of Justice in The Hague said Israel must “prevent the commission of all acts within the ...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has warned the army against launching a ground attack in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. Olmert told Bloomberg in an interview on Wednesday that a ground offensive in Rafah would be a “risk we can’t afford to take.” “The patience of the international community has […]...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli War Cabinet member Benny Gantz threatened on Friday that the army “will eventually launch its much-anticipated offensive” in the southern Gazan city of Rafah. “The fighting will continue also in the future, deep within the enemy’s territory and not along the border,” Gantz said in a video message shared on social...
BERLIN (AA) – German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has called for a humanitarian cease-fire amid growing concerns about an Israeli ground offensive in Rafah. Speaking to reporters in Brussels ahead of an EU foreign ministers meeting, Baerbock said they will be discussing the latest developments in the region, and ongoing diplomatic ...
