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By Nidal al-Mughrabi. CAIRO (Reuters) -Israeli forces killed at least 27 Palestinians in tank and air strikes on north and central areas of the Gaza Strip on Friday, medics said, as tanks advanced ...
Israeli airstrikes on Tuesday killed at least 17 Palestinians in two of the Gaza Strip's historic refugee camps and Israeli tanks pushed deeper into the enclave's southern city of Rafah, residents ...
To the south of Rafah, another tunnel lay near the border area with Egypt, known as the Philadelphi c orridor, a narrow strip of land just under 9 miles in length and around 100 yards wide that ...
Sometimes referred to as the Rafah tent massacre or as the Tent Massacre, (Arabic: مجزرة الخيم, romanized: Majzarat al-khiyam) it was the deadliest incident of the Rafah offensive. When Israel invaded Rafah and ordered the evacuation of its east, some citizens fled to other parts of the city, like Tel al-Sultan, seeking safety.
The U.N. estimates that around 50,000 remain in Rafah, which had a pre-war population of about 275,000. Most have moved to a nearby Israel-declared “humanitarian area” where conditions are grave. Many are clustering in squalid tent camps along the beach with scant access to clean water, food, bathrooms and medical care.
The extraordinary order, which includes confiscating broadcast equipment, preventing the broadcast of the channel’s reports and blocking its websites, is believed to be the first time Israel has ...
[13] [14] Egypt began its blockade of Gaza in 2007, shortly after Hamas took control of the territory. [15] Several border crossings have existed from the Gaza Strip along the border of Israel and Egypt. [16] Israel regularly granted permission for a quota of Gaza Palestinians, numbering between 15,000 and 21,000, to work daily within its borders.
[237] [238] Al Qahera News reported that Egypt, the U.S. and Qatar were trying to revive ceasefire talks. [239] Rafah's field hospitals evacuated to the al-Mawasi area. [240] IDF tanks continued their probing attacks on 29 May, entering Tel al-Sultan, Yibna and Shaboura neighborhoods before withdrawing to the border with Egypt.