rafah invasion Stories

UN Human Rights Chief condemns over 500 West Bank killings, calls for accountability
UN News  |  Jun 04, 2024

On Saturday, Israeli forces shot dead 16-year-old Ahmed Ashraf Hamidat and critically wounded 17-year-old Mohammed Musa Al Bitar near Aqabat Jaber ref...

Ruto endorses Qatar-Egypt-US initiative to end Israel-Palestine conflict
Amina Wako  |  Jun 03, 2024

Qatari, Egyptian and US mediators called on Israel and Hamas Saturday to "finalise" the truce deal.

Gaza peace plan: Qatar, Egypt, US urge Hamas, Israel to finalise truce
Reuters  |  Jun 02, 2024

The first phase of Israel's offer would last for six weeks and would include a "full and complete" ceasefire, the withdrawal of Israeli forces from "a...

Situation in southern Gaza ‘horrific and apocalpytic’ - WFP
UN News  |  Jun 02, 2024

From May 7 to May 20, not a single WFP truck crossed from the southern corridors from Egypt into Rafah.

Explainer: What is the two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict?
Reuters  |  May 28, 2024

Advocates of the two-state solution have envisaged a Palestine in the Gaza Strip and West Bank linked by a corridor through Israel.

Israeli attack on Rafah tent camp kills 45, prompts international outcry
Reuters  |  May 28, 2024

Survivors said families were preparing to sleep when the strike hit the Tel Al-Sultan neighbourhood where thousands were sheltering after Israeli forc...

Israel cannot exist without a Palestinian State - Saudi Arabia
Amina Wako  |  May 27, 2024

Saudi Arabia on Monday also condemned Israel's latest attack on Rafah.

Egypt says it may withdraw as Gaza ceasefire mediator
Reuters  |  May 23, 2024

Tensions have been growing between Egypt and Israel over the Israeli military operation in Rafah at the southern end of the Gaza Strip, just across th...

800,000 Palestinians displaced from Rafah - UN
Hanifa Adan  |  May 19, 2024

The closure of the Rafah crossing has left thousands of sick and injured Palestinians trapped in Gaza, unable to seek treatment abroad.

Gaza ceasefire talks resume in Doha
Agency  |  Feb 25, 2024

Israel's war cabinet agreed on Saturday to send a delegation to Qatar to continue the talks, according to Israeli media reports.

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