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The United Nations humanitarian aid agency says hundreds of thousands of people would be “at imminent risk of death” if Israel carries out a military assault in the southern Gaza city of Rafah.
With all crossings into Rafah closed or unsafe, the humanitarian situation in #Gaza is in a downward spiral. Aid and fuel must be allowed immediate entry. — UN Humanitarian (@UNOCHA) May 11, 2024
Fighting at the hospital comes as Israel faces growing international pressure to show restraint, after vowing to press its offensive into Rafah, the last relatively safe place in Gaza.
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.
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.
Twenty-two people, including at least one infant and a toddler, have been killed in an Israeli airstrike over Rafah, Gaza, overnight into Monday, according to hospital officials.
Wounded people taken to the Najjar Hospital in Rafah faced a lack of medical treatment, due to the shortage of staff and medical supplies. [ 135 ] Netanyahu stated Israel was planning ahead for its Rafah offensive, stating, "There is international pressure and it's growing, but particularly when the international pressure rises, we must close ...
Dozens of people, including children, have been killed as “extremely intense” Israeli airstrikes and shelling pounded multiple locations in Rafah overnight Monday, according to the Palestine ...