JERUSALEM (AA) – The army’s freeing two Israelis from Rafah is not a victory to Tel Aviv, said a relative of one of the prisoners that the Israeli military claimed to have rescued on Monday. “The fact that we are happy today does not mean that we are victorious,” Eidan Piarno, the son-in-law of the […]
Washington, United States – AFP Jordan’s King Abdullah II appealed for a full cease-fire to end the war in Gaza after talks with Joe Biden, striking a discordant note with the US president who is seeking a shorter six-week pause to allow Israel time to defeat Hamas. Speaking at the White House with Abdullah by […]
ATHENS (AA) – Medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) on Monday warned that a Israel ground attack on Rafah in southern Gaza Strip would be “catastrophic.” “Israel’s declared ground offensive on Rafah would be catastrophic and must not proceed. As aerial bombardment of the area continues, more than a million people, many livi...
ATHENS (AA) – France has joined other European countries in expressing concern over the looming Israeli ground offensive in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip. “Rafah is today a place where more than 1.3 million people are taking refugee. It is also a vital crossing point for delivering humanitarian aid to the population of Gaza. A large-scale [...
ATHENS (AA) – Germany has said that an Israeli attack on Rafah in Gaza would lead to a humanitarian catastrophe. “The plight in Rafah is already incredible. 1.3 million people are seeking protection from the fighting in a very small area. An offensive by the Israeli army on Rafah would be a humanitarian catastrophe in […]
RIYADH (AA) – Saudi Arabia warned on Saturday of the repercussions of a possible Israeli incursion into the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, the last refuge for displaced Palestinians, according to Saudi Press Agency. “The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has warned of the extremely dangerous repercussions of storming and targeting the c...
GAZA CITY (AA) – The government media office in Gaza has warned of a “global massacre” if Israel invades Rafah Governorate in the southern Gaza Strip, the last refuge for displaced people in the enclave. In a statement, the office said: “We warn of a global catastrophe and massacre that may leave tens of thousands […]
ATHENS (AA) – UNICEF has warned against a military operation in the city of Rafah, southern Gaza, where over 600,000 children and their families – around a million people – have been displaced under the pressure of over four months of Israeli war. “An escalation of the fighting in Rafah, which is already straining under […]
Rafah, Palestinian Territories – AFP Adel al-Hajj fears Israeli forces could at any moment launch an invasion of southern Gaza’s Rafah city, where he and more than a million other Palestinians have fled for safety. Teeming with displaced Gazans huddled in makeshift camps, Rafah has swelled to about five times its pre-war size since...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday ordered the army to submit a military plan to evacuate civilians from Rafah. “It is impossible to achieve the goal of the war of eliminating Hamas by leaving four Hamas battalions in Rafah,” stated Netanyahu’s office on X. “On the contrary, it is clear that […]...
