Discover the latest on the deadly Israeli airstrikes in Rafah causing global shock and condemnation. Is there more than meets the eye in this intense conflict?
The conflict in Rafah has escalated to alarming levels as Israel's army relentlessly pounds the city, resulting in mounting deaths and international condemnation. The recent airstrike in a tent camp housing displaced Palestinians has stirred outrage, with accusations of deliberately targeting civilians. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu referred to the deadly strike as a 'tragic mistake,' sparking debates on the true intentions behind the attacks.
The wave of condemnation towards Israel over the strike in Rafah continues to grow, with European and Arab nations calling for a halt to the assaults in southern Gaza. The horrific scenes of flames engulfing the tent camp and the high number of casualties, including women and children, have prompted a global outcry and demands for accountability.
The UN agency head warns of the dire situation in Rafah, labeling it 'hell on Earth' after the destructive airstrike. The UN Security Council is set to discuss the incident, with calls for justice and recognition of a Palestinian state intensifying in response to the ongoing conflict.
In a shocking turn of events, Rafah's hospital closes after an attack, shedding light on the critical impact of the conflict on medical facilities. The complete disregard for civilian lives in the airstrikes highlights the urgent need for humanitarian intervention and protection of Gaza's vulnerable population.
Israel's army continues to pound Rafah, the attacks coming one night after Israeli forces bombed a tent camp housing displaced Palestinians in a designated ...
Palestinian Authority, Egypt accuse Israel of deliberately targeting civilians at displaced people camp; EU's Borrell 'horrified'; Qatar says strike could ...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that it was a “tragic mistake” that an attack targeting Hamas militants in the southern Gaza city of ...
European and Arab nations join calls for Israel to halt attacks in southern Gaza after deaths in crowded tent city.
At least 45 people, including many women and children, killed in assault that prompts international outcry.
CNN's Jeremy Diamond reports on the strike on a camp in Rafah that killed at least 45 people, according to Gazan authorities.
Israel has been widely criticised after carrying out an airstrike on a tent encampment in Rafah, in southern Gaza. The head of a UN agency has said some of ...
UN rights chief calls attack 'abomination,' while Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu says 'tragic mistake' took place.
Spain, Norway, Ireland to formally recognize Palestinian state, saying it is 'justice for Palestinian people' and only way for peace in the region.
One of city's two hospitals shut down after Israeli attack kills two medical staff, one day after tent camp massacre.
No single health care facility in Gaza can handle a mass casualty event such as this one.”
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it had killed two "senior Hamas terrorists" and that it was "investigating the circumstances of the deaths of civilians in ...
On the night of May 26, the trauma stabilization point Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) supports in Tal al Sultan, Gaza, recorded 180 ...
China express concern over Israel's military operations in Rafah, where an Israeli strike killed dozens in a displaced persons camp.
Smoke rises following Israeli strikes during an Israeli military operation in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, May 28, 2024. Photo credit: Reuters.
Israel again bombarded Gaza's far-southern Rafah area on Tuesday despite a global storm of outrage over a strike that set ablaze a crowded tent city.
MSF strongly denounces attack on camp sheltering displaced people, which comes days after the International Court of Justice ordered Israel to halt military ...
Israeli attacks put Kuwaiti Hospital out of service and trap medical staff, patients inside Indonesian Field Hospital.
French President Emmanuel Macron expressed his anger in a post on the X social media platform, saying he was “outraged by the Israeli strikes that have killed ...
Netanyahu has vowed to press ahead, saying Israeli forces must enter Rafah to dismantle Hamas and return hostages taken in the Oct. 7 attack that triggered the ...
Israeli tanks advanced to the centre of Rafah for the first time on Tuesday, witnesses said, three weeks into a ground offensive in the southern Gaza city ...
Journalists and eyewitnesses in the Gazan city say Israeli tanks have seized control of the key al-Awda roundabout.
At least 16 Palestinians were killed by air strikes in Tel al-Sultan neighborhood in northwest Rafah on Tuesday.
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Israel stepped up its military offensive in Rafah on Tuesday, sending ...
The U.S. faces a firefighter shortage heading into wildfire season. Global condemnation toward Israel mounts following a deadly airstrike on Rafah.
Israeli military tanks were seen in central Rafah on Tuesday for the first time since the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) entered Gaza's southernmost city ...
Troops reportedly also seize a hill on the Egyptian border as air and artillery strikes continue.
Palestinian officials say at least 12 women among those killed in attack on tent camp for displaced people in al-Mawasi.
Three countries recognise Palestinian state and UN calls emergency meeting amid international horror at Israel's offensive.
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli military says an initial investigation into a strike that sparked a deadly weekend fire in a tent camp in the ...
Israel has attacked twice since Sunday, killing tens of people in horrific circumstances. A young girl being treated at Kuwait Hospital following an Israeli ...
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is horrified by the multiple Israeli air strikes and bombardment that have so far killed at least 60 Palestinians ...
Despite multiple high-profile incidents that killed Western aid workers and Palestinian civilians, the U.S. has backed Israel's stated goal of defeating Hamas ...
It comes after witnesses reported seeing Israeli tanks in the centre of the city on Tuesday.
The moves comes despite an order from the top U.N. court for Israel to halt its offensive in southern Gaza.
The US is also closely monitoring Israel's probe into a deadly strike on Sunday which left at least 45 people dead in a Gaza camp.
Palestinians look at the destruction after an Israeli strike where displaced people were staying in Rafah, in the Gaza Strip on May 27, 2024. AP Photo/Jehad ...
President Joe Biden is not altering his policy toward Israel following a deadly strike that resulted in the death of more than 45 people, the White House ...
Munitions made in the United States were used in the deadly Israeli strike on a displacement camp in Rafah on Sunday, a CNN analysis of video from the scene ...
Displaced Palestinian children in the southern Gaza town of Rafah's Al-Shaboura neighborhood. Displaced Palestinians in Rafah's Al-Shaboura neighborhood in ...
Israel's army continues to pound the southern city of Rafah after its forces on Sunday night bombed a tent camp.
The White House on Tuesday condemned the loss of life of dozens of civilians as a result of an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, but said it is not planning any ...
Israeli forces shelled a tent camp in a designated “safe zone” west of Rafah and killed at least 21 people, including 13 women and girls, in the latest mass ...
News and Press Release in English on occupied Palestinian territory about Protection and Human Rights; published on 29 May 2024 by ACFID.
Israeli tanks penetrate centre of Rafah and air attacks persist across the city despite global calls to end the carnage.
Israeli tanks mounted raids across Rafah in defiance of the World Court for a second day on Wednesday, after Washington said the assault did not amount to a ...
As Israeli forces pushed deeper into Rafah just days after an airstrike sparked a major fire that killed dozens of Palestinians, the White House said that ...
The phrase 'All Eyes on Rafah' has become a rallying cry on social media platforms, particularly Instagram, where millions of users, including celebrities, ...
As Israel expands its offensive in Rafah, Israel's national security adviser said that he was expecting “another seven months of fighting.”
As President Macron recalled yesterday, there must be an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the unconditional release of the hostages. The Security Council ...
Algeria is circulating a proposed U.N. Security Council resolution that would demand an immediate cease-fire in Gaza and order Israel to halt its military ...
Algeria on Tuesday proposed a draft UN Security Council resolution that demands a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, the release of all hostages held by Hamas and ...
Footage filmed by Palestinian journalist Alamuddin Sadiq at the scene of the strike appears to indicate which specific munition was used, 1000 of which were ...
RAMALLAH, 29 May 2024 – In the wake of four deadly days where dozens of people seeking safety in Rafah in southern Gaza have been killed and hundreds ...
GENEVA (29 May 2024) – Israeli air strikes on a camp sheltering displaced civilians in Tal al-Sultan in Rafah, that have reportedly claimed at least 46 ...
Israeli military says it was targeting senior Hamas commanders as explosion hits rows of tents sheltering displaced people.
An AI-generated image with the text 'All eyes on Rafah' has been re-shared more than 40 million times.
News and Press Release in English on occupied Palestinian territory about Protection and Human Rights; published on 29 May 2024 by UN HRC.
The slogan, which has been a touchstone for pro-Palestinian demonstrators for months, ricocheted across social media this week.
As 'All eyes on Rafah' trends on social media, Israel took to X to make a counter-attack against those condemning the strike against Hamas leaders in the ...
RAMALLAH, 29 May 2024 – In the wake of four deadly days where dozens of people seeking safety in Rafah in southern Gaza have been killed and hundreds ...
An Israeli military official said Israel had so far found 20 cross-border tunnels in the area, some already known to Israel and Egypt and some that were unknown ...
Israel's military says it has seized control of the entire length of Gaza's border with Egypt, without elaborating.
The corridor, known as Philadelphi, stretches along the border with neighboring Egypt, near the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where Israeli forces have been ...
Palestinians say that several large bombs were used to target a camp of civilians, uprooted from other parts of war-torn Gaza. The Israel Defence Forces (idf) ...
Four weapons experts said the Israeli military used a U.S.-made precision bomb in a strike that killed at least 45 people in southern Gaza on Sunday, ...
Nearly 45 million Instagram users—including celebrities like Bella Hadid and Nicola Coughlan—have shared an AI-generated image depicting tent camps for ...
What does “All Eyes on Rafah” mean? The phrase is seen on a likely AI-generated image depicting a tent camp in Rafah, Gaza, and went viral after an Israeli ...