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After the rejection, Israel conducted airstrikes on Rafah, entered the edges of the city, and seized the Rafah crossing, closing it. [98] [102] [103] The IDF entered populated areas of the city on 14 May. [104] Israel stated that the operation would not stop unless Hamas was eliminated or hostages were released. [103]
Before the Rafah offensive, Israel conducted airstrikes and threatened to invade the city as part of its invasion of the Gaza Strip during the Israel–Hamas war which began with the Hamas-led attack on Israel on 7 October 2023. Intentions to invade were declared in February, meeting backlash from the international community because of the ...
Three civilians were killed in a drone strike in northern Rafah city and two others were killed in another drone attack in the Shakoush area northwest of Rafah. [281] Israel's Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories said that 201 trucks carrying humanitarian aid entered Gaza one day prior. [285]
However, when Israel first invaded the city, it ordered the eastern neighborhoods evacuated. An estimated 950,000 civilians fled, going to other parts of southern Gaza designated as safe, including parts of Rafah. [2] [8] [9] Two days before the attack, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered Israel to halt the Rafah offensive.
Israel says Rafah is Hamas’ last major stronghold in Gaza, after operations elsewhere dismantled 18 out of the militant group’s 24 battalions, according to the military.
Israel had banned reporters from entering the Gaza strip since November 2008, citing security reasons. A petition made by 400 foreign journalists to enter the Gaza Strip was filed with Israel's supreme court. [85] Israel permitted 100 trucks carrying humanitarian supplies to enter the Gaza Strip via the Kerem Shalom border crossing.
CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -An Israeli airstrike triggered a fire that killed 45 people in a tent camp in the Gazan city of Rafah, officials said on Monday, prompting an outcry from global leaders ...
The Israeli military said in a statement Thursday that it had “dismantled” Hamas’ brigade in Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah and killed more than 2,000 of its fighters in the process.