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Three Palestinian militias attacked IDF troops stationed at the Rafah crossing with mortars on 5 August, [377] while Hamas claimed that it had attacked IDF troops in Zalata, located to the east of Rafah. Seven soldiers of the 205th Reserve Armored Brigade's 9215th Battalion meanwhile were wounded in a grenade attack, with the attacker later ...
On 21 February, Israel bombed a residential building and wounded one person, leading journalist Tareq Abu Azzoum to state, "Right now Rafah has been a centre for Israeli attacks". [108] An Israeli airstrike on the home of an attorney for the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights killed the woman, as well as seven family members, including her two ...
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.
Israel had previously paused its plan to attack Rafah, which it says is the last significant Hamas stronghold, to allow for negotiations over the release of Israeli hostages by the militant group.
Israel’s incursion into Rafah earlier in May marked a new phase in its war against Hamas in Gaza, which has killed more than 36,000 Palestinians, according to health officials in the enclave ...
Israeli forces retrieved the two Israeli men taken captive during the Oct. 7 Hamas attack in a “complex” overnight operation carried out "under fire in the heart of Rafah," Israel Defense ...
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.
Syrian and Iranian officials blamed Israel for the attack. [466] [467] Israeli officials agreed to acknowledge US concerns about the planned Rafah offensive. [468] An Israeli strike on a vehicle in Deir al-Balah killed four World Central Kitchen aid workers from Australia, Britain, Ireland, and Poland along with their Palestinian driver. [469 ...