Rafah

Rafah

Palestinians carry belongings at 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, February 9, 2024. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

'Hell falling': Fear and grief in Rafah after deadly Israeli raid

"It was a terrifying night," said Alaa Mohammed, from northern Gaza, dismantling a tent in western Rafah.

A Palestinian child looks on, at 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, February 12, 2024. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

WHO head concerned at attacks on Gaza's Rafah

Smoke rises during an Israeli ground operation in Khan Younis, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, as seen from a tent camp sheltering displaced Palestinians in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip January 31, 2024. REUTERS/Bassam Masoud/ File photo

Saudi warns of 'catastrophe' if Israel moves on Rafah

Mourners hold the body of a Palestinian child killed in an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, at Abu Yousef al-Najjar hospital, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, February 10, 2024. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

Palestinians brace for Rafah assault as Israel promises evacuation plan

View of Gaza City, December 15, 2023 in this handout satellite image. Maxar Technologies/Handout via REUTERS/ File photo

Saudi Arabia warns of 'catastrophe' if Israel moves on Rafah

Palestinians carry belongings at 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, February 9, 2024. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

Israel prepares assault on Rafah, seeks to allay fears of 'bloodbath'

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. Mark Schiefelbein/Pool via REUTERS

As Israel attacks Rafah, US offers only words of caution

Palestinians mourn over shrouded bodies of relatives killed in overnight Israeli bombardment on the southern Gaza Strip at Al-Najjar hospital in Rafah on February 8, 2024. Photo: Mahmud HAMS / AFP

Israel PM orders troops to ready for push into crowded Rafah

Palestinian children wait to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen amid shortages of food supplies, as the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas continues, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, February 5, 2024. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

Palestinians hope Blinken visit can deliver Gaza truce before Rafah assault

Military personnel stand guard on the day of Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly's visit to the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, Egypt, October 31, 2023. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Hamas-run health ministry says 6 killed in Israeli air raids in Rafah

A convoy of trucks carrying humanitarian aid from Egyptian NGOs for Palestinians start to move from Al-Arish to Rafah city as they wait for an agreement on the opening on the Rafah border crossing to enter Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in the city of Al-Arish, Sinai peninsula, Egypt, October 17, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer

Details of deal on Gaza aid still being worked out: US

A convoy of trucks carrying humanitarian aid from Egyptian NGOs for Palestinians start to move from Al-Arish to Rafah city as they wait for an agreement on the opening on the Rafah border crossing to enter Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in the city of Al-Arish, Sinai peninsula, Egypt, October 17, 2023. REUTERS/Stringer

Aid to move over Egyptian border unlikely to raise spirits in struggling Gaza

A Palestinian with dual citizenship waits outside the Rafah border crossing with Egypt in the hope of getting permission to leave Gaza, amid the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip October 17, 2023. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

Why Gaza's Rafah border crossing matters