Rafah, Palestinian Territories — AFP Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted on Wednesday there was no “humanitarian catastrophe” in Rafah as he announced nearly 500,000 people had been evacuated from the south Gaza city amid intense fighting. It came as Palestinians commemorated the 76th anniversary of the ...
Jerusalem – AFP Ignoring warnings by top US officials, Israel’s Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said Thursday that more troops would “enter Rafah” as military operations intensify in Gaza’s far-southern city. The operation in Rafah “will continue as additional forces will enter” the area, Gallant said, a...
Jerusalem – AFP US troops early Thursday anchored a long-awaited temporary pier, meant to boost aid deliveries into war-ravaged Gaza, to a beach in the besieged Palestinian territory, the US military said. “Today at approximately 7:40 am (0440 GMT) United States Central Command personnel supporting the humanitarian mission to deliv...
Rafah, Palestinian Territories – AFP Palestinians, under attack by Israel for more than seven months, on Wednesday marked 76 years since their mass displacement which they call the Nakba or “catastrophe”. The sight of desperate families carrying their scant belongings through the ruins of war-scarred cities has evoked for man...
United Nations, United States – AFP UN chief Antonio Guterres is “appalled” by Israel’s escalating military activity in and around Rafah, a spokesman said Tuesday. “These developments are further impeding humanitarian access and worsening an already dire situation,” Farhan Haq said, while also criticizing Ha...
Rafah, Palestinian Territories – AFP Israeli troops continued attacks across the Gaza Strip Tuesday that forced new waves of Palestinian mass displacement. Nearly 450,000 Palestinians have been displaced from Rafah since May 6, and around 100,000 from northern Gaza, UN agencies said. That means around a quarter of Gaza’s population...
Israeli airstrikes in Gaza have killed 82 Palestinians and injured 234 in the past 24 hours, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. The strikes targeted residential areas including a house and a school in the Nuseirat refugee camp, killing 20 people. A house accommodating nearly 100 Palestinians collapsed due to bombing. Gaza Civil Defe...
Palestinian Territories — AFP Amid unprecedented Israeli attacks, the health ministry in Gaza has announced that the besieged Palestinian territory’s health system is “hours away” from complete collapse, after the ongoing Israeli attacks have completely blocked fuel shipments through key crossings. “We are just ho...
In defiance of US warnings, Israeli forces have entered Rafah and Jabalia refugee camp near Gaza City. Civilian casualties mounted as airstrikes targeted residential areas, killing at least four people, including a child, in Rafah’s Brazil neighborhood. Thousands of Palestinians fled to Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis seeking refuge, straining...
Rafah, Palestinian Territories – MAY 13, 2024 09:30:37 GMT – AFP Israel continued its attacks in Gaza on Monday, including in far-southern Rafah, despite US warnings against a full-scale invasion of the crowded city and of the threat of post-war “anarchy” across the Palestinian territory. AFP correspondents reported hel...
