Gaza patient evacuation via Rafah canceled over lack of Israeli clearances

Gaza-based health authorities said the medical evacuation of patients through the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, scheduled on Sunday, was canceled due to the lack of Israeli security clearances.

Hamas says fighters holed up in Rafah will not surrender

Hamas fighters holed up in the Israeli-held Rafah area of Gaza will not surrender to Israel, the group said on Sunday, urging mediators to find a solution to a crisis that threatens the month-old ceasefire.

Arab States Reject Netanyahu's Claims of Weapon Smuggling via Egypt’s Border - TASNIM

Several Arab countries have dismissed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's allegations that weapons are being smuggled to Hamas through the Egyptian border, calling them baseless and harmful to ongoing mediation efforts.

Thousands flee Israeli attacks in western Rafah, Israeli tanks reach central Rafah

Thousands of Palestinians were seen leaving the Tal al-Sultan neighbourhood using cars, trucks and carts drawn by donkeys and horses, heading north. 

French President ‘Outraged’ by Israeli Strikes on Rafah

French President Emmanuel Macron expressed his "outrage" over Israeli strikes on Rafah, stating that the operations must cease immediately and calling for full compliance with international law and an immediate ceasefire.

ICJ orders Israel to halt its offensive on Rafah, Gaza in new ruling

Judges at the top United Nations court ordered Israel to halt its offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah and withdraw from the enclave, in a case brought by South Africa accusing Israel of genocide, citing “immense risk” to the Palestinian population.

Israeli tanks push deeper into eastern Rafah

Israeli tanks have pushed deeper into eastern Rafah, reaching some residential districts, stepping up an offensive in the southern border city where more than a million people had been sheltering after being displaced in seven months of war.

Biden says US will withhold weapons from Israel if it invades Rafah

US President Joe Biden said Wednesday he would stop US weapons supplies to Israel if it attacks Rafah in southern Gaza, his most direct warning to date over the prosecution of the war against Hamas.

US pauses bomb shipment to Israel over Rafah 'concerns'

President Joe Biden's administration paused a shipment of weapons to Israel last week in opposition to apparent moves by the Israelis to invade the southern Gaza city of Rafah, a senior administration official said.

Patients, medics flee major Rafah hospital as Israel continues military operation

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 said on Tuesday.

At least 20 civilians killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza’s Rafah — TV

At least 20 people died as a result of the Israel Defense Forces’ (IDF) strikes on targets in the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, Qatar’s Al Jazeera reported, citing medics.

Israeli strikes on Rafah kill 19 Palestinians, Gaza health officials say

An Israeli strike targeting a house in Rafah in Southern Gaza killed nine Palestinians, Gaza health officials said on Monday, bringing Israeli strike death toll to 19.

Israel says 'moving ahead' with Rafah operation in Gaza

 Israel said Wednesday it is "moving ahead" with its planned operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, despite international outcry over fears for the 1.5 million Palestinians sheltering there. 

Exact Date of 'Operation' in Rafah Not Set Yet – Israeli Defense Minister to US

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has told US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin that an exact date for Israel's operation in Rafah has yet to be set, media reported on Tuesday, citing a source with direct knowledge.

Scholz: Israeli assault on Rafah would make regional peace ‘very difficult’

The large number of civilian casualties that would result from an Israeli assault on the Gaza city of Rafah would make regional peace “very difficult,” German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Sunday after talks with Jordanian King Abdullah.

Israel proposes plan to forcibly push Palestinians out of Gaza

Israel’s military proposed a plan for evacuating civilians from the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office announced Monday, after he said a ground invasion of the Palestinian territory’s southern city Rafah was necessary for “total victory”.

Egypt Building Wall Near Gaza Strip's City of Rafah

A wall commissioned by the Egyptian army is being constructed on the border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip near the latter's city of Rafah, which is the target of a planned Israeli ground offensive, the New York Times reported on Friday, having analyzed satellite images and videos and citing construction workers.

Biden again tells Israel’s Netanyahu that Rafah civilians must be protected

US President Joe Biden on Thursday again told Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he should not proceed with military action in Rafah without a credible and executable plan to protect Palestinian civilians, the White House said.

Israel’s Netanyahu vows ‘powerful’ operation in Gaza’s Rafah after civilians leave

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday vowed Israeli forces would carry out a “powerful” operation in Rafah after civilians in the overcrowded south Gaza city are allowed to leave.

Israel calls on UN agencies to help evacuate civilians from Gaza to Sinai Peninsula

Israel called on UN relief agencies on Monday to help with its efforts to evacuate civilians from Gaza war zones ahead of its planned ground sweep of Rafah, a town on the enclave’s border with Egypt which is crowded with displaced Palestinians.