World May 29 Israel's military says it's taken control of a strategic corridor near Rafah, along Gaza's border with Egypt The corridor, known as Philadelphi, stretches along the border with neighboring Egypt, near the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where Israeli forces have been fighting recently.
Politics May 28 Israeli strikes on tent camp kills additional 37 Palestinians after Sunday strike killed 45 The overnight and on Tuesday pummeled the same area where strikes had triggered a deadly fire that swept through a camp for displaced Palestinian.
Politics May 28 'We have nothing.' As Israel attacks Rafah, Palestinians live in tents and search for food and water The amount of humanitarian aid arrivals are plummeting, and Palestinians have largely been on their own to resettle their families and find the basics of life.
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…