Rafah

Palestinians make their way with belongings as they flee their homes, after the Israeli army issued evacuation orders, in the Shujaiya neighborhood of Gaza City, 3 April 2025. Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

Hundreds of thousands flee as Israel seizes Rafah in new Gaza 'security zone'

Hassan Abu Sultan mourns over the body of her son Jehad, who, along with his wife and three children, was killed when an Israeli army strike hit their tent, as heir bodies lie on the floor at a hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, awaiting burial on the first day of the Muslim holiday of Eid, Sunday, March 30, 2025. Photo: AP/Abdel Kareem Hana via UNB
Middle East

Israel orders evacuation of most of Rafah

Palestinians look at the destruction after an Israeli strike where displaced people were staying in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Monday, May 27, 2024. File Photo: Jehad Alshrafi/AP
Hamas-Israel war

Israel pounds central Gaza camps, deepens invasion of Rafah

A woman prepares food next to children, as displaced Palestinians take shelter at the border with Egypt, during an Israeli military operation, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, May 29, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Doaa Rouqa/File Photo
Hamas-Israel war

UNRWA says forced displacement has pushed over 1 million away from Rafah

FILE PHOTO: Palestinians gather to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen, amid shortages of aid supplies, after Israeli forces launched a ground and air operation in the eastern part of Rafah, as the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas continues, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip May 8, 2024. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled/File Photo
Hamas-Israel war

Israel reopens Gaza food sales as Rafah raid chokes aid

Palestinians make their way as they inspect the damages after Israeli forces withdrew from a part of Jabalia refugee camp, following a raid, in the northern Gaza Strip, May 30, 2024. REUTERS/Osama Abu Rabee
Hamas-Israel war

Israeli airstrike on Rafah kills 12 Palestinians, Gaza medics say

An Israeli tank manoeuvres inside Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, as seen from Israel, May 28, 2024. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
Middle East

Israeli tanks mount raids across Rafah in defiance of World Court for second day

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Thoughts

Israel's actions in Gaza is testing the limits of the international system

Palestinians search for food among burnt debris in the aftermath of an Israeli strike on an area designated for displaced people, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, May 27, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
Hamas-Israel war

Israeli attack on Rafah tent camp kills 45, prompts global outcry

FILE PHOTO: Smoke rises during an Israeli air strike, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, May 24, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem/File Photo
Hamas-Israel war

UK says World Court order to Israel over Rafah will strengthen Hamas

Delegates attend a ruling on South Africa's request to order a halt to Israel's Rafah offensive in Gaza as part of a larger case brought before the Hague-based court by South Africa accusing Israel of genocide, at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), in The Hague, Netherlands May 24, 2024. REUTERS/Johanna Geron
Hamas-Israel war

Reaction to World Court's order for Israel to halt Rafah assault in Gaza

FILE PHOTO: A fence sits locked at the entrance to the Kerem Shalom border crossing, as military operations continue in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, at an area outside Kerem Shalom, Israel, May 17, 2024. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo
Hamas-Israel war

Food bound for Gaza rots in the sun as Rafah crossing stays shut

Magistrates are seen at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) as part of South Africa's request on a Gaza ceasefire in The Hague, on May 24, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Hamas movement. Photo: Nick Gammon / AFP
Hamas-Israel war

ICJ orders Israel to 'immediately halt' offensive in Rafah