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On 12 February 2024, Israel Defense Forces launched an assault on Rafah, a city in the Gaza Strip, killing over 83 people. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The airstrikes destroyed at least one mosque and multiple inhabited homes, killing most or all of their occupants.
On 12 September, the 162nd Division commander Itzik Cohen declared that the Rafah Brigade of Hamas had been dismantled and it had taken complete control of the urban area of Rafah. He added that at least 2,308 fighters of the brigade, including more than 250 fighters and the entire leadership of the Tel al-Sultan Battalion, were killed during ...
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.
"All Eyes on Rafah" is a pro-Palestinian political slogan during the Israel–Hamas war and Rafah offensive, mostly used on social media. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The phrase derives from a comment made by Richard "Rik" Peeperkorn, the World Health Organization 's representative for Gaza and the West Bank , [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] when he told journalists at ...
On the morning of 7 October 2023, Hamas and allied militant groups launched a surprise attack on Israel. Thousands of rockets were launched from the Gaza strip and approximately 3,500 militants infiltrated Israel, where they attacked dozens of Israeli towns and military facilities in the Gaza Envelope. 1,139 Israelis and foreign nationals were killed and 248 others were abducted and held hostage.
In May 2024, Israel launched a military offensive in Rafah, seizing and closing the Rafah crossing, one of two major crossings for humanitarian aid in Gaza. [162] Martin Griffiths, the UN's emergency relief coordinator, stated, "Civilians in Gaza are being starved and killed and we are prevented from helping them."
The suspect in the truck attack that killed 14 and injured dozens in New Orleans on New Year's had traveled to Egypt in 2023 for about a month, his half-brother told ABC News. Shamsud-Din Jabbar ...
At the end of 2023, there were two open border crossings with Israel (Kerem Shalom border crossing and Erez), with an additional option via an Israel-Egypt crossing , and two border crossings with Egypt (Rafah Crossing and Salah al-Din Gate 4 km northwest of Rafah Crossing). [174] On 12 March 2024, as a "pilot project", the 96th gate in the ...