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Displaced Palestinian families in Gaza's south have fled what they said was intensifying Israeli fire in northern areas of Rafah to seek shelter elsewhere, describing a chaotic night as the sounds ...
The Israeli military says the reason for so much destruction is that all of Rafah is honeycombed with Hamas tunnels, some of which sit on top of each other and some are more than 160 feet deep.The ...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged Tuesday to launch an incursion into the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are sheltering from the almost 7 ...
Hamas meanwhile fired a RPG at a military vehicle near an IDF supply line to the east of Rafah. [469] On 27 September, a video showing Israeli soldiers blowing up the empty Raed Al-Attar Mosque in Rafah were published on social media. [470] ISW meanwhile reported that the IDF had destroyed buildings in at least three areas of Rafah during the day.
Many refugees fled to Rafah, with over 1.4 million civilians sheltering in the city and outlying tent camps. [4] Israel invaded Rafah on 6 May despite orders from the ICJ to cease the offensive, and a further 950,000 civilians fled to western Rafah, including the al-Mawasi refugee camp. [5]
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.
On 20 October 2024, Israeli forces blew up the entirety of the town of Ramyah. [8] A verified video that circulated on social media showed Israeli soldiers cheering and counting down before blowing up a large part of the town. Satellite imagery showed that at least 40 buildings were destroyed. [9]
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Two months ago, before Israeli troops invaded Rafah, the city sheltered most of Gaza's more than 2 million people. Today it is a dust-covered ghost town. Abandoned, bullet-ridden apartment buildings have blasted out walls and shattered windows.