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Netanyahu made a surprise visit to Rafah, calling Israel's control of the Egypt–Gaza border and the Rafah crossing "essential" in the future. [ 347 ] The IDF clashed with Palestinian militants in central and western Rafah on 19 July according to residents, while five people were killed due to Israeli attacks according to medical officials ...
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.
Today’s announcement marks a dramatic escalation in this ongoing massacre." [47] Egypt sent 40 tanks to the Rafah border. [48] Eight people were killed and at least eighteen wounded in Israeli strikes on residential buildings in Rafah. [49] On 10 February, Haaretz and Channel 12 stated Israel's plans for the Rafah invasion were not yet ...
With more than half of Gaza's 2.3 million people sheltering in Rafah, the international community, including Israel's top ally, the United States, has warned Israel against any offensive that puts ...
Israel and the United Arab Emirates sign a peace treaty. [61] 30 April 2021 45 people are killed in the 2021 Meron stampede during Lag BaOmer. [62] 7 October 2023 In the day considered the deadliest for Jews since the Holocaust, as well as deadliest day in Israel's history, 1,390 people are killed in the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel. [63]
Rafah was the boundary between the provinces of Egypt and Syria. In 1832, the area came under Egyptian occupation of Muhammad Ali, which lasted until 1840. French explorer Victor Guérin, who visited Rafah in May 1863, noted two pillars of granite which the locals called Bab el Medinet, meaning "The Gate of the town". [39]
As America Has Done to Israel, Whitaker House Publishers, 2008. ISBN 978-1-60374-038-8. Sand, Shlomo (2012). The Invention of the Land of Israel: From Holy Land to Homeland. Verso Books. ISBN 978-1-84467-947-8. Schweid, Eliezer. The Land of Israel: National Home Or Land of Destiny, translated by Deborah Greniman, Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press ...
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.