World Court orders Israel to halt assault on Gaza’s Rafah
THE HAGUE, May 25 — Judges at the top United Nations court ordered Israel on Friday to immediately halt its military assault on the southern...
Food bound for Gaza rots in the sun as Rafah crossing stays shut
AL-ARISH, May 24 — Some of the food supplies waiting to enter the Gaza Strip from Egypt have begun to rot as the Rafah border...
World Court to rule on request to halt Israel’s Rafah offensive
THE HAGUE, May 24 — Judges at the UN’s top court will rule on Friday on South Africa’s request to order Israel to halt its Rafah offensive and withdraw from Gaza, part of a wider case...
Israeli forces kill 60 Gazans in new strikes, battle Hamas in Rafah
CAIRO, May 24 — Israeli forces killed at least 60 Palestinians in aerial and ground bombardments across the Gaza Strip on Thursday and battled in close combat with Hamas-led militants in areas of the...
Israeli forces move deeper into Rafah in night of heavy battle
CAIRO, May 23 — Israeli tanks advanced to the edge of a crowded district in the heart of Rafah on Wednesday during one of the most intense nights of bombardment...
Israeli forces push into Gaza from north and south
CAIRO, May 13 — Israeli forces pushed deep into the ruins of Gaza’s northern edge today to recapture an area they claimed to have been...
US says Israel’s weapon use may have violated international law
WASHINGTON, May 11 — The Biden administration yesterday said Israel’s use of United States-supplied weapons may have violated international humanitarian law (IHL) during its military...
US warns Israel that Rafah invasion will jeopardise weapons supply as assault continues
WASHINGTON/CAIRO/RAFAH, Gaza Strip, May 9 — US President Joe Biden vowed publicly for the first time to withhold weapons from Israel if its forces make...
Israel bent on genocide, says Wisma Putra as strikes on Rafah begin
KUALA LUMPUR, May 8 — Malaysia vehemently condemns the latest attacks by Israel on Rafah in Gaza on Monday, in which, according to the Palestinian...
Patients and medics flee major Rafah hospital
RAFAH, May 8 — Fearful medics and patients are fleeing a hospital in Rafah and transfers of the sick and injured via a border crossing with Egypt are at a standstill due to Israel’s military operation, doctors and residents...
Gaza ceasefire uncertain, Israel vows to continue strikes on Rafah
RAFAH/CAIRO/JERUSALEM, May 7 — Palestinian militant group Hamas on Monday agreed to a Gaza ceasefire proposal from mediators, but Israel said the terms did not meet its demands...
UN chief urges global action against Israel’s military operation in Rafah
HAMILTON (Canada), May 1 — In a strong warning against a military operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, United Nations (UN) secretary-general Antonio...