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Israeli strikes in Rafah: Medics say at least 16 dead, residents report heavy fighting

May 28, 2024 admin

Displaced Palestinians inspect their tents destroyed by Israel’s bombardment, adjunct to an UNRWA facility west of Rafah city, Gaza Strip, on May 28, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Israeli strikes on Rafah have killed at least 16 Palestinians, first responders said May 28, as residents reported an escalation of fighting in the southern Gaza city….

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International Court of Justice to hold hearings over Israel’s Rafah attacks

May 14, 2024 admin

Displaced Palestinians arrive in central Gaza after fleeing from the southern Gaza city of Rafah in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, on May 09, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP The top U.N. court said it would hold hearings on May 16 and 17 over a request from South Africa to impose emergency orders on Israel…

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Israeli PM Netanyahu vows to invade Gaza’s Rafah despite world ‘pressure’

March 17, 2024 admin

March 17, 2024 07:10 pm | Updated 07:11 pm IST – Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territories Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on March 17 to send ground forces into Gaza’s southern Rafah city despite growing international concern over the fate of Palestinian civilians sheltering there. Mr. Netanyahu, whose security and war Cabinets were later due…

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Race to rush aid to Gaza as EU warns hunger ‘a weapon of war’

March 13, 2024 admin

Donor nations, aid agencies and charities pushed on with efforts on Wednesday to rush food to war-torn Gaza by land, air and sea after the EU top diplomat said starvation had become “a weapon of war”. The Israel-Hamas conflict raging since October 7 has caused mass civilian deaths, reduced vast areas to a rubble-strewn wasteland…

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Palestinians prepare for Ramadan in the shadow of Gaza war

March 10, 2024 admin

A man waves a homemade sparkler firework as displaced Palestinians prepare their tents for Ramadan, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip March 9, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Palestinians prepared for Ramadan in sombre mood with heightened security measures by Israeli police…

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Israel strikes landmark residential tower in southern Rafah as truce talks stall

March 9, 2024 admin

Palestinians walk by a residential building destroyed in an Israeli strike in Rafah, Gaza Strip, on March 9, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Israel struck one of the largest residential towers in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on March 9, residents said, stepping up pressure on the last area of the enclave it has…

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Israel, Hamas skirmish in Gaza as truce efforts pick up pace

February 25, 2024 admin

Smoke billows following Israeli bombardment in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on February 25, 2024, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group. | Photo Credit: AFP Israeli troops and Palestinian gunmen clashed throughout the Gaza Strip over the weekend, as mediators picked up the pace of talks on a…

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