Rafah

Rafah

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

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

Rafah was a main entry point for humanitarian relief as well as some commercial supplies before Israel stepped up its military offensive on the Gazan side of the border

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

ICJ orders Israel to 'immediately halt' offensive in Rafah

A general view inside the Court of Justice (ICJ), at the start of a hearing where South Africa requests new emergency measures over Israel's attacks on Rafah, as part of an ongoing case South Africa filed at the ICJ in December last year accusing Israel of violating the Genocide Convention during its offensive against Palestinians in Gaza, in The Hague Netherlands May 17, 2024. REUTERS/Yves Herman/ File Photo

World Court to rule on request to halt Israel's Rafah offensive

FILE PHOTO: Displaced Palestinians wait to receive United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) aid, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, March 7, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem/File Photo

UNRWA says food distribution in Rafah suspended due to insecurity

FILE PHOTO: Smoke rises following an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, May 18, 2024. REUTERS/Rami Zohod/File Photo

Israeli troops push into Jabalia, airstrikes kill five in Rafah

An Israeli solider is silhouetted inside an armored personnel carrier, as military operations continue in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, at an area outside Kerem Shalom, Israel, May 17, 2024. Photo: REUTERS

Israel intends to broaden Rafah sweep, Defence Minister Gallant tells Washington

FILE PHOTO: Smoke rises following Israeli strikes, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Jabalia refugee camp northern Gaza Strip, May 13, 2024. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa/File Photo

Dozens killed and wounded as Israeli forces thrust deeper in Gaza's Jabalia and Rafah

Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike on a house, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip May 7, 2024. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled

13 Western countries urge restraint from Israel over Rafah

Palestinian man, who was wounded in Israeli fire, lies on a bed as he receives treatment at Al-Aqsa hospital in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, May 14, 2024. REUTERS/Ramadan Abed/File Photo

Palestinians wounded in Gaza desperate for Rafah crossing to reopen

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell attends a joint news conference in Paris, France, April 15, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/File Photo

EU urges Israel to end Rafah military operation 'immediately'

People and rescuers work to recover the dead body of a Palestinian trapped under the rubble of a house hit in an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, May 14, 2024. REUTERS/Ramadan Abed

Israeli tanks push into Gaza's Rafah, as displaced civilians flee again

FILE PHOTO: Smoke rises following Israeli strikes, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip May 6, 2024. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled/File Photo

World Court to hold hearings on Israel's Rafah offensive this week

Photo:Reuters

Red Cross sets up Rafah emergency field hospital