All news on the topic: Rafah

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16 May 2026 592

Dozens of Lebanese villages razed despite Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire

The fragile ceasefire agreed between Israel and Hezbollah last month is holding.

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31 Oct 2025 635

Israel confirms identities of two more hostages’ remains returned by Hamas

Late Thursday, the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that the remains were those of Sahar Baruch and Amiram Cooper, who were both captured during the 7 October 2023 Hamas-led attack that sparked the conflict.

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28 Oct 2025 795

Netanyahu orders powerful strikes following alleged Hamas violations

The Israeli military has attacked multiple locations in Gaza City following an order from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for intense strikes on the conflict-torn Gaza Strip, alleging that Hamas broke the ceasefire mediated by the United States.

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19 Oct 2025 817

Israel launches strikes on Gaza after accusing Hamas of multiple ceasefire violations

Israel has initiated a series of strikes on Gaza following accusations against Hamas of "multiple attacks" in a "bold violation" of their ceasefire agreement.

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16 Oct 2025 605

Hamas says it returned all hostage remains as Israel transfers bodies of 120 Palestinians to Gaza

Hamas announced it has handed over all the remains of hostages it currently has access to, saying that retrieving additional bodies in Gaza would require “significant efforts and specialized equipment.”

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04 Apr 2025 635

At least 27 killed in Israeli bombing of shelter in Gaza City, rescuers report

Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians flee from the southern city of Rafah in one of the war’s largest mass displacements.

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01 Apr 2025 1051

Palestinian paramedics executed by Israeli forces, hands tied, eyewitnesses report

A senior doctor who examined the bodies stated that the men appeared to have been ’executed,’ contributing to evidence of a possible war crime.

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01 Sep 2024 766

Bodies of 6 hostages, murdered by Hamas just days ago, found in Rafah

Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Eden Yerushalmi, Ori Danino, Alex Lubnov, Carmel Gat and Almog Sarusi discovered in Gaza tunnel; families forum says they could have been saved, urges protests

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14 Jun 2024 855

Israeli tanks push into Rafah, leaving fleeing Palestinians to ’face death and starvation’

UN warns that more than a million people are being forced to flee to areas in which there is little food, water or shelter

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27 May 2024 737

Israel condemned as ‘barbaric’ strike on Rafah refugee camp kills at least 50

Israel fires missiles into Rafah tents after Hamas launched first rockets deep into Israel, including towards Tel Aviv, since January

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24 May 2024 770

UN top court orders Israel to halt Rafah offensive

The International Court of Justice ruled Friday that Israel must immediately halt its offensive in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.

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11 May 2024 782

Israel orders evacuation of civilians from MORE areas in Rafah as tanks encircle city amid fears of full-scale invasion

Israel is now said to be moving to an area in northern Gaza where Hamas has regrouped

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09 May 2024 684

UK to not emulate US in ceasing arms supply to Israel if it invades Rafah

Britain, unlike the US, is not a ‘massive state supplier for weapons to Israel,’ says Foreign Secretary David Cameron.

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06 May 2024 719

Rafah residents flee strikes after Israeli evacuation order

Israel’s military struck Rafah from the air on Monday and residents packed up their tents to take flight, hours after Israel ordered them to evacuate some parts of the city, which has been sheltering more than a million people uprooted by war.

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30 Apr 2024 677

Netanyahu states Israel will proceed with Rafah invasion, ceasefire deal or not

Israel will attack the southern Gaza city of Rafah regardless of whether or not a ceasefire and hostage release deal is reached, Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday.

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