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On 6 May 2024, Israel began a military offensive in and around the city of Rafah as part of its invasion of the Gaza Strip during the Israel–Hamas war. In early May, as ceasefire negotiations stalled, Israel prepared for an operation and ordered the evacuation of eastern Rafah .
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 ...
Haaretz and Channel 12 said Israel's plans for the Rafah invasion were not yet finalized. [282] Two Palestinians were killed after an Israeli strike on a police car in Rafah. [283] An unnamed Israeli official said Palestinians in Rafah would be evacuated back northward. [284] At least 28 people were killed in Rafah by overnight Israeli attacks ...
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 ...
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday said Israel has not apprised the U.S. of any specific date for the start of a major offensive into the southern Gaza city of Rafah, but added that ...
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.
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.
The Rafah crossing is a critical passage, the sole point between Egypt and the Gaza strip, through which only a “handful of convoys” have been allowed to enter the besieged area with ...