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After the rejection, Israel conducted airstrikes on Rafah, entered the edges of the city, and seized the Rafah crossing, closing it. [96] [100] [101] The IDF entered populated areas of the city on 14 May. [102] Israel stated that the operation would not stop unless Hamas was eliminated or hostages were released. [101]
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 ...
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.
As the Israeli ground offensive moved south, so did they, with many ultimately ending up in the Strip’s southernmost city of Rafah. Now, as Israel announces its intention to direct its offensive ...
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.
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 ...
Khan Yunis, a city of 400,000, was swamped by a million refugees. [65] Hamas released its first video of a hostage (an Israeli). Abu Obeida, the spokesperson for the military wing of Hamas, claimed that the group was holding ~200 hostages, with "dozens" in the hands of various factions. [99] [100] [101] Israel attacked the Rafah border crossing ...
About 170 projectiles were launched by Hezbollah from Lebanon to Israel. [129] The Islamic Resistance in Iraq said that it launched a drone towards an IDF target in the Golan Heights. [130] COGAT said that 114 aid trucks entered Gaza a day prior. [131] Clashes were reported between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian fighters in Rafah. [132]