Rafah

The Israeli army has ordered around 100000 Palestinians to begin evacuating from the southern city of Rafah in Gaza.

Blaming Hamas for deadlocked negotiations, Israel appears set to launch threatened offensive on southern Gaza city.

Israel has told Palestinians in part of the southern Gaza city of Rafah to evacuate ahead of a long-promised ground offensive.

Palestinian civilians rushed to flee parts of Rafah on Monday after the Israeli military told some 100000 people to leave the southern Gaza city, ...

Israel on Monday started to evacuate Palestinian civilians from the eastern parts of Rafah close to the Israel border ahead of a possible ground invasion, ...

President Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on the phone for 30 minutes Monday, discussing hostage deal negotiations and Israel's ...

President Joe Biden spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday and "reiterated his clear position on Rafah."

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday morning as a potential ground assault in Rafah looms and as ...

Violence in the southern Gaza city spiked on Sunday after Hamas militants fired rockets from near the Rafah crossing, killing four Israeli soldiers. Israeli ...

President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke Monday morning a White House official said, as Israel appeared closer to launching ...

Palestinians in Rafah pack belongings into a truck after Israel's evacuation order, May 6, 2024. AFP/Getty Images. CNN —.

Aid groups warn of devastating consequences of any assault on Rafah after Israel orders tens of thousands to evacuate.

Palestinians in eastern Rafah have been urged to evacuate and move to Al-Mawasi, an Israeli-declared humanitarian zone near the coast. Video shows what that ...

GENEVA (6 May 2024) - UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Monday warned that civilian deaths, suffering and destruction were set to ...

TEL AVIV, Israel — A Gaza cease-fire deal is hanging in the balance, as Israel began striking targets in eastern Rafah, hours after Hamas said it had ...

Over 1 million Palestinians displaced by war have sought refuge in Rafah. Now, about 100000 civilians are being told to evacuate to an area with little ...

Israeli officials said it is part of the first phase of Israel's military operation in the southern Gaza city.

The high-stakes diplomatic moves and military brinkmanship left a glimmer of hope alive — but only barely — for an accord that could bring at least a pause ...

That evening Hamas announced that it would accept an Egyptian proposal for a temporary ceasefire and would in return release 33 of the Israeli hostages it is ...

Palestinian militant group Hamas on Monday agreed to a Gaza ceasefire proposal from mediators, but Israel said the terms did not meet its demands and ...

Biden administration officials decline to share details about proposal but say they are committed to reaching deal.

The decision by Israel's War Cabinet came hours after Hamas agreed to a cease-fire that Israel hadn't previously accepted.

In response to Israel's evacuation order ahead of an offensive in Rafah, Abby Maxman, Oxfam America President & CEO said:

Israeli leaders approved a military operation into the Gaza Strip city of Rafah, and Israeli forces began striking targets in the area, officials announced ...

Israeli leaders said they began striking targets in Gaza city of Rafah, hours after Hamas announced it had accepted an Egyptian-Qatari cease-fire proposal.

Palestinian civilians told to evacuate eastern Rafah by the Israeli military have described their fear and despair at being uprooted from their homes and ...

The Israel-Hamas war went from a potential short-term ceasefire to strikes on Rafah on Monday.

It is a delicate and momentous day in the Middle East. The Israeli military says it has launched a new operation into parts of Rafah in southern Gaza.

An Israeli tank brigade seized control Tuesday of the Gaza Strip side of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, authorities said, as cease-fire negotiations ...

The Israeli military took control of the vital Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt on Tuesday, pushing into the southern Gazan town after a night ...

Follow NBC News' live coverage of the Israel-Hamas war in the Middle East as Israeli tanks enter Rafah and seize the Gaza side of the border crossing with ...

Israeli forces have seized control of Gaza's Rafah border crossing, cutting off a vital route for humanitarian aid and potential sanctuary for civilians ...

Smoke billows beneath a gray sky in the Gazan city of Rafah. Smoke billows after Israeli bombardment in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip on May 6, 2024. Photo: ...

Hours after President Biden on Monday warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against a full-scale assault on Rafah, Israel's military conducted what ...

The move comes after hours of whiplash in the Israel-Hamas war, with the militant group saying it accepted an Egyptian-Qatari mediated cease-fire proposal.

The Israeli military is moving ahead with a ground operation in Rafah and has effectively sealed Gaza off from the rest of the region. PALESTINIAN-ISRAEL- ...

Before the overnight assault in Gaza, Israel warned 110000 people to evacuate and launched airstrikes against what it called Hamas targets.

Israeli forces moved on Rafah after Hamas said it had agreed to a Qatari-Egyptian brokered cease-fire proposal.