The battle for Rafah has begun in Gaza, and it’s an essential part of Israel’s war of self-defense against Hamas. The ...

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Israel’s war cabinet unanimously voted to approve an invasion of Rafah in southern Gaza, shortly after Hamas said it had agreed to a ceasefire deal with Israel.

Meantime, both the U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and British Foreign Secretary David Cameron, have been exerting overwhelming pressure on Israel to avoid a ground operation in Rafah.

Israeli tanks entering the Palestinian side of the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt on May 7, 2024. [Israeli army via AFP] Israel shelled Rafah on Thursday as US President Joe Biden ...

Just days after the International Court of Justice ordered Israel to end its military offensive in Rafah, an air attack on Rafah killed dozens of people and hit tents for displaced people in the ...

Israel must “immediately halt its military offensive and any other action in the Rafah Governorate, which may inflict on the Palestinians in Gaza conditions of life that could lead to their ...

Three Palestinians, including a woman, sustained injuries on Friday as the Israeli army targeted residential areas in Rafah in the southern ... halting Israel’s brutal war, which has killed ...