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# Rafah

Last month
June 2024
At least 25 killed in Israeli strikes on tents for displaced people near Rafah
21 Jun
8.5k
'All I can offer my children is some available bread with hot water to dissolve it'
The Journal’s reporter in Rafah talks to parents about food shortages and how they are impacting their families.
Dima Jalal Saud
Reports from Rafah
16 Jun
6.4k
Eight Israeli soldiers killed near Rafah in deadliest attack on the country’s forces in months
15 Jun
17.4k
Life with cancer in Gaza: 'Access to treatment is the least we can ask for in this war'
A man speaks to The Journal’s reporter in Rafah about his wife’s diagnosis – and how she cannot access treatment or find healthy food.
Dima Jalal Saud
7 Jun
4.2k
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Cancer patients fighting Israeli government to avoid deportation to Gaza
7 Jun
Photographer in Gaza marks deaths of babies he once took portraits of in his studio
1 Apr
Hunger in Gaza: 'We made bread using livestock fodder but now we've run out'
19 Feb
Giving birth in Gaza: 'I resorted to instructional videos on social media'
14 Feb
Famine likely happening in Gaza, but expert group says they can't get access to prove it
5 Jun
5.5k
Netanyahu insists on 'destruction of Hamas' before commencement of permanent ceasefire in Gaza
The Israeli Prime Minister’s statement comes after US President Joe Biden outlined a plan to end the conflict in Gaza.
Updated 1 Jun
11.4k
May
May 2024
'It's time for this war to end': Biden announces Israeli proposal for three-phase Gaza ceasefire deal
The US President said in a news conference that the new deal is a “roadmap” to an enduring ceasefire.
Biden said the proposal has been transmitted to Hamas via Qatar.
Hamas said it is in a 'position of readiness to deal positively and constructively'.
Israel said its negotiation team 'insisted the war will not end until all of its goals are achieved'.
Updated 31 May
29.2k
Intense shelling continues in Rafah as Israel seizes key area along Gaza-Egypt corridor
30 May
3.8k
'It's not the be-all and end-all': Amid real horror in Gaza, why has an AI graphic gone viral?
29 May
22.1k
'Anyone who moves is being shot at by Israeli drones': Rafah residents hide as Israel strikes again
29 May
10.3k
UN Security Council to hold emergency meeting over 'horrific' fatal strike on Rafah
28 May
9.1k
Opinion: The Irish Government must now push against the flow of arms to Israel
Alice-Mary Higgins
28 May
6.7k
Netanyahu calls Israeli strike 'tragic mistake' after 45 killed in 'safe area' in Gaza
Footage and images released from the scene of the strike show large scale destruction.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said the area had been designated a “humanitarian area”.
An Taoiseach Simon Harris labelled the attacks “unconscionable” and said that “nothing is off the table” when it comes to sanctions.
Reacting to the incident, Tánaiste and Foreign Affairs Minister labelled the attacks “barbaric”.
Updated 27 May
51.0k
Tánaiste says EU has discussed possible sanctions if Israel doesn’t comply with ICJ orders
Updated 27 May
14.0k
International Court of Justice orders that Israel immediately halt its offensive on city of Rafah
Updated 24 May
30.1k
Netanyahu claims 'no humanitarian catastrophe' in Rafah as hundreds of thousands flee area
Tánaiste Micheál Martin has said Ireland is certain to recognise Palestinian statehood by the end of the month, without specifying a date.
In March, the leaders of Spain, Ireland, Slovenia and Malta said in a joint statement that they stand ready to recognise Palestinian statehood.
The Taoiseach today spoke with King Abdullah of Jordan to update him on Ireland's plan to recognise the State of Palestine.
Updated 15 May
9.7k
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Israeli settlers block and loot food convoy as President Higgins condemns attacks on aid for Gaza
14 May
Death toll in Gaza passes 35,000 as ICJ schedules new hearings in genocide case
14 May
Israeli army claims UN vehicle hit in Rafah was in 'combat zone' after worker dies
14 May
Israeli army claims UN vehicle hit in Rafah was in 'combat zone' after worker dies
14 May
6.7k
Thousands flee northern Gaza as Taoiseach holds talks about recognising state of Palestine
Updated 13 May
5.9k
US warns of 'anarchy' if Israel invades Rafah as Gaza death toll passes 35,000
13 May
23.4k
Israel strikes Gaza after fresh Rafah evacuation order
Updated 12 May
13.7k
Gaza: 150,000 people have fled Rafah city as more evacuation orders issued by Israel
UN chief Antonio Guterres said that Gaza risks an “epic humanitarian disaster” if Israel launches a full-scale ground operation in Rafah.
Updated 11 May
9.8k
More than 100,000 people have fled Rafah ahead of threatened invasion
Israel continues its bombardments despite Hamas accepting a ceasefire proposal put forward by mediators.
The population in Rafah had swelled to around 1.5 million after hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fled fighting in other areas of Gaza.
Israel's military on Monday called for Gazans to leave eastern Rafah, which triggered widespread international alarm.
Israel has long resisted the idea of a permanent ceasefire, insisting it must finish the job of dismantling Hamas.
Updated 10 May
7.2k
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Time running out: 'Invasion of Rafah would be a death sentence for thousands'
7 May
Israeli cabinet vote to shut down Al Jazeera in the country as UN urges govt to reconsider
5 May
Turkey suspends trade with Israel until aid allowed to flow into Gaza
3 May
Israel ready to 'stand alone' after Biden warns US will stop arms supply upon Rafah invasion
Israel has said the US President’s threat to halt supplies was “very disappointing”.
Updated 9 May
14.9k
Israel bombards Rafah as military says ground troops have carried out 'targeted raids'
Despite international objections, Israel sent tanks into Rafah yesterday and seized the nearby crossing into Egypt.
Tánaiste said he is “horrified” by events unfolding in Rafah, describing the levels of violence as “unconscionable”.
More than one million civilians are sheltering in Rafah after evacuating other parts of Gaza amid Israel’s offensive on the region.
Updated 8 May
17.3k
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All parties, including Israel, agree to resume Gaza deal talks
7 May
Time running out: 'Invasion of Rafah would be a death sentence for thousands'
7 May
All parties, including Israel, agree to resume Gaza deal talks
Hamas said yesterday it would accept a ceasefire plan to end the conflict but Israel rejected it.
Updated 7 May
16.5k
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Time running out: 'Invasion of Rafah would be a death sentence for thousands'
7 May
Israeli cabinet vote to shut down Al Jazeera in the country as UN urges govt to reconsider
5 May
Netanyahu says Israel 'cannot accept' Hamas demand to end Gaza conflict as truce talks resume
5 May
Time running out: 'Invasion of Rafah would be a death sentence for thousands'
Rosamond Bennett
7 May
4.9k
'I thank God that I survived': Irish-Palestinian man to be reunited with family after months in Gaza
Updated 3 May
8.6k
April
April 2024
Netanyahu vows to launch military assault on Rafah 'with or without' a ceasefire deal
One of the children killed in the strikes overnight was a newborn baby who was only five days old.
Updated 30 Apr
15.3k
Hamas says 'no major issues' with deal as Biden and Netanyahu discuss hostage and truce talks
Hamas said it would send a delegation to Egypt on Monday to deliver the group’s response to Israel’s new hostage and truce counterproposal.
Updated 28 Apr
14.5k
Hamas release video of two hostages as political arm considers Israeli truce proposal
Updated 27 Apr
18.8k
Israel says it is 'moving ahead' with planned operation in Gaza city of Rafah
Updated 25 Apr
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Martin says people of Gaza being 'punished collectively' as he visits Rafah crossing
The Tánaiste said he “cannot rationally come to any other conclusion” after seeing some of the aid items being refused entry into Gaza by Israel.
Niall O'Connor
reports from Rafah
Updated 23 Apr
16.1k
Gaza official says Israeli strike killed nine family members in Rafah
20 Apr
5.1k
G7 asks 'all parties' to prevent further escalation amid reported Israeli strike on Iran
There has been no reaction from Israeli or Iranian officials to the overnight strikes.
Iran's official broadcaster said explosions were heard near the city of Isfahan.
US media quoted officials as saying that Washington received advance notice of the strike, but did not endorse the operation or play any part in its execution.
The International Atomic Energy Agency said there had been no damage to Iranian atomic sites.
Updated 19 Apr
40.5k
Tom Clonan: We have reached a dangerous moment in the Middle East conflict
Tom Clonan
Updated 15 Apr
10.8k
Leaders of France, Egypt, Jordan warn Israel against offensive in the city of Rafah
Israel pulled its forces out of the southern Gaza Strip on Sunday “to prepare for future missions”, the country’s defence minister said.
Egyptian state-linked media reported that talks in Cairo aimed at brokering a truce had made "significant progress".
However, Israel's Ynet news outlet cited an unidentified Israeli official as saying that "we still don't see a deal on the horizon".
A senior Hamas official meanwhile told AFP that "we cannot speak of concrete progress so far".
Updated 8 Apr
13.9k
March
March 2024
US attempts to distance itself from Israel but decisive test to come over Rafah assault
28 Mar
10.2k
Israel carries out overnight strikes on southern Gaza while pleas ring out for more aid
Updated 27 Mar
7.7k
Opinion: Israel's actions in Gaza have weakened our humanity — a ceasefire must come now
Karol Balfe
13 hrs ago
4.5k
Gaza ceasefire talks expected to resume as Netanyahu approves plans for military operation in Rafah
The White House, which has said an assault on Rafah would be a “red line” without credible civilian protection plans, said it had not seen the plan.
Hamas has proposed a six-week ceasefire and the exchange of several dozen Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners, with Israel sending a delegation to Qatar for negotiations.
The main UN agency operating in the Palestinian enclave said that one in three children under two years of age are now acutely malnourished in northern Gaza.
Updated 16 Mar
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