World May 28 Israeli army says Rafah fire was caused by secondary blast, used small munitions used in airstrike The strike caused widespread outrage, including from some of Israel’s closest allies. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said it was the result of a “tragic mishap.”…
World May 26 Rocket fire by Hamas from Gaza sets off air raid sirens in Tel Aviv for first time in months Hamas fired a barrage of rockets from Gaza that set off air raid sirens as far away as Tel Aviv for the first time in months on Sunday in a show of resilience more than seven months into Israel's massive air, sea…
World May 19 Airstrike kills 27 in central Gaza as Israel’s leaders air wartime divisions An Israeli airstrike killed 27 people in central Gaza, mostly women and children, and fighting with Hamas raged across the north on Sunday.
World May 18 Member of Israel’s war cabinet threatens to quit over Gaza strategy Benny Gantz, a popular centrist member of Israel’s three-member War Cabinet, threatened Saturday to resign from the government if it doesn't adopt a new plan in three weeks' time for the war in Gaza.
World May 17 In Gaza, war means no formal education for hundreds of thousands of students Since the war erupted Oct. 7, all of Gaza's schools have closed — leaving hundreds of thousands of students like Atef without formal schooling or a safe place to spend their days.
World May 12 Israel advances into Rafah in Gaza’s south while battling regrouped Hamas in the north Israeli forces pushed deeper into Gaza's southern city of Rafah on Sunday and battled Hamas in parts of the devastated north that the military said it had cleared months ago but where militants have regrouped.
World May 11 Israel orders 40,000 new evacuations in Rafah as it expands military offensive Israel ordered new evacuations in Gaza's southern city of Rafah on Saturday, forcing tens of thousands more people to move as it prepares to expand its military operation closer to the heavily populated central area, in defiance of growing pressure from close…
World May 10 Civilians flee Rafah for the north as heavy fighting keeps Gaza aid crossings closed Over a million Palestinians have fled to Rafah to escape fighting elsewhere, with many packed into U.N.-run shelters or squalid tent camps. The city on the border with Egypt is also a crucial hub for bringing in food, medicine, fuel…
World May 08 Tens of thousands of Palestinians flee chaos in Rafah after Israel’s seizure of border crossing The past three days, streams of people fleeing the city with belongings have jammed roads leading out, on foot and in cars, trucks and donkey carts in a confused evacuation while continued Israeli bombardment boomed and raised palls of smoke.
World Apr 15 Israeli military again tells displaced Palestinians not to return to northern Gaza People appeared to be heeding the new warning on Monday, a day after five Palestinians were killed as throngs of displaced people tried to reach their homes in the war-torn area.