RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Israel ordered new evacuations in Gaza‘s southern city of Rafah on Saturday, forcing tens of thousands more people to move as it prepares to expand its military operation closer to the heavily populated central area, in defiance of growing pressure from close ally the United States and others. Israel‘s military also […]
Israeli troops uncovered several underground shafts in eastern Rafah where they killed Hamas terrorists in close-quarters combat. Also, Israeli aircraft struck part of the city where Hamas launched rocket and mortar attacks on Israel’s soldiers, Israeli Defense Forces officials said Friday. “The IDF is continuing a precise counterterrorism operation in specific areas of eastern Rafah,” […]
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Heavy fighting between Israeli troops and Palestinian militants on the outskirts of the southern Gaza city of Rafah has left crucial nearby aid crossings inaccessible and caused over 100,000 people to flee north, a United Nations official said Friday. Israel‘s plans for a full-scale invasion of Rafah appear to be […]
About 110,000 people have fled Rafah in southern Gaza, and food and fuel supplies in the area are critically low, a U.N. official says. All crossings into southern Gaza remain closed, cutting off supplies and preventing medical evacuations and the movement of humanitarian staff, said Georgios Petropoulos, an official for the U.N.’s Office for the […]
Hamas leaders have likely calculated that their organization will endure even if Israel launches a major ground incursion into Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, where four of the terror group’s operational battalions are believed to be operating. The Institute for the Study of War think tank, headquartered in the District of Columbia, said Hamas […]
President Joe Biden vowed to withhold military aid to Israel if the country’s military enters the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. Biden made the comments in an interview with CNN anchor Erin Burnett on Wednesday evening about Israel’s ongoing offensive against Hamas. The Israeli government declared war on the terror group after […]
President Biden said Wednesday that he will halt shipments of U.S. weapons to Israel, if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu moves forward with a major assault on the city of Rafah in Gaza. “I’ve made it clear that if they go into Rafah — they haven’t gone into Rafah yet — if they go into Rafah, […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. paused a shipment of bombs to Israel last week over concerns that the country was approaching a decision on launching a full-scale assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah against the wishes of the U.S., Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Wednesday. The shipment was supposed to consist of 1,800 2,000-pound […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. paused a shipment of bombs to Israel last week over concerns that Israel was approaching a decision on launching a full-scale assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah against the wishes of the U.S., a senior administration official said Tuesday. The shipment was supposed to consist of 1,800 2,000-pound bombs […]
Rep. Rashida Tlaib, the only Palestinian member of Congress, is calling on the International Criminal Court to issue a warrant for the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after Israeli forces seized Rafah in the Gaza Strip. “There is nowhere safe in Gaza,” Ms. Tlaib, Michigan Democrat, said in a statement Tuesday. “I urge […]
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