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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]
Al Jazeera journalist Hani Mahmoud described Israel's attacks on Rafah police as an intentional attempt to create civil disorder. [63] Israel conducted a nighttime raid on Rafah and rescued two hostages. [64] To divert attention during the operation, bombing increased, killing more than 67 people according to the Gaza Health Ministry. [65]
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]
Israeli airstrikes on Tuesday killed at least 17 Palestinians in two of the Gaza Strip's historic refugee camps and Israeli tanks pushed deeper into the enclave's southern city of Rafah, residents ...
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.
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.
When Israel withdrew from the Sinai in 1982, Rafah was split into a Gazan part and an Egyptian part, dividing families, separated by barbed-wire barriers. [7] [8] The core of the city was destroyed by Israel, [9] [10] [11] as well as Egypt, [12] [13] in order to create a large buffer zone.