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Israel bombards central Gaza as tanks advance deeper in Rafah

RAFAH, July 18: Israeli forces hit areas in the central Gaza Strip on Wednesday, killing at least nine Palestinians, according ...

Israel strikes kill 11 in Gaza, tanks push further into Rafah

Observer Online Desk

Two Israeli air strikes targeting aid supplies killed at least 11 Palestinians in Gaza on Monday, medics said, as Israeli ...

Israel kills senior Gaza health official, tanks push deeper into Rafah

CAIRO, June 24: An Israeli air strike at a medical clinic in Gaza City killed the director of Gazas Ambulance ...

Israeli tanks at edge of Rafah's al-Mawasi refuge zone, residents say

Observer Online Desk

Israeli tanks advanced to the edge of the al-Mawasi displaced persons' camp in the northwest of the southern Gaza city ...

Israel pounds central Gaza camps, deepens invasion of Rafah

CAIRO, June 20: Israeli forces pounded areas in the central Gaza Strip overnight, killing three people and wounding dozens of ...

Fighting in Gazas Rafah as tensions soar on Israel-Lebanon border

PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES, June 19: Israeli air strikes and clashes between troops and Palestinian militants rocked Gaza on Wednesday, as Israels ...

Israeli forces deepen Rafah invasion, kill 17 in central camps

Observer online desk

Israeli airstrikes on Tuesday killed at least 17 Palestinians in two of the Gaza Strip's historic refugee camps and Israeli ...

Israeli forces deepen Rafah invasion, kill 17 in central camps

Observer online desk

Israeli airstrikes on Tuesday killed at least 17 Palestinians in two of the Gaza Strip's historic refugee camps and Israeli ...

Battles in Rafah after Blinken says truce still possible

DOHA, June 13: Israeli helicopters struck Gazas Rafah on Thursday, residents said, with Hamas militants reporting street battles in the ...

Israel pummels Gaza as troops push into central Rafah

Observer Online Desk

Israeli forces on Friday struck targets across the Gaza Strip, with witnesses reporting air raids around the southern city of ...

Israel seizes Gaza’s entire border with Egypt, presses with raids into Rafah

CAIRO, May 29: Israeli forces have taken control of a buffer zone along the border between the Gaza Strip and ...

Biden’s blurred red lines under scrutiny after Rafah carnage

WASHINGTON, May 29: Joe Bidens red lines over Israels assault on Rafah have kept shifting, but the US president faces ...

Israel says Gaza war likely to last another seven months as tanks probe Rafah

CAIRO, May 29: Israel sent tanks on raids into Rafah on Wednesday and said its war on Hamas in Gaza ...

US says latest Rafah deaths won't change Israel policy

Observer Online Desk

The Biden administration said on Tuesday it was closely monitoring the probe into a deadly Israeli airstrike it called tragic, ...

UN Security Council set to meet over deadly Rafah strike

Observer Online Desk

The UN Security Council was set to convene an emergency meeting Tuesday over an Israeli strike that killed dozens in ...

Security Council set to meet over deadly Rafah strike

Observer Online Desk

The UN Security Council was set to convene an emergency meeting Tuesday over an Israeli strike that killed dozens in ...

Israeli attack on Rafah tent camp kills 45, prompts global outcry

CAIRO/JERUSALEM, May 27 - An Israeli airstrike triggered a massive blaze killing 45 people in a tent camp in the ...

EU’s Borrell ‘horrified’ by Israeli strikes on Rafah camp

BRUSSELS, May 27: EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Monday he was "horrified" by deadly Israeli strikes on a ...

Israel strikes Rafah after UN court orders halt to offensive

Observer Online Desk

Israeli warplanes and artillery pounded Rafah, after the government dismissed an order by the top UN court to halt its ...

Spain demands Israel comply with UN court ruling on Rafah

MADRID, May 25: The Spanish government demanded on Saturday that Israel comply with an order by the top UN court ...

Strikes continue in Gaza, as UN court orders Israel to halt Rafah assault

CAIRO, May 24: Israeli forces stepped up military strikes on Gaza on Friday, residents and medics said, with planes bombing ...

World Court orders Israel to halt assault on Rafah

THE HAGUE, May 24: Judges at the top United Nations court ordered Israel on Friday to immediately halt its military ...

Palestinian UN ambassador welcomes court order on Rafah

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The Palestinianambassador to the UN on Friday hailed the International Court of Justice'sorder for Israel to halt military operations in ...

Top UN court orders Israel to halt military operation in Rafah

Observer Online Desk

The top United Nations court has ordered Israel to halt its military operations in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. ...

White House sees more targeted Rafah action but renews warning

WASHINGTON, May 23: The White House said Wednesday that Israel has so far been taking more "targeted" action in Rafah ...

World Court to rule on Friday on measures over Israel's Rafah offensive

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The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will rule on Friday on South Africa's request to order a halt to Israel's ...

Nothing prevents Israel from invading Rafah

Kazi Salim

The Israeli hawkish bloodthirsty regime has invaded Rafah ignoring all international appeals not to go for any invasions. Tanks and ...

Israeli forces move deeper into Rafah in night of heavy battle

CAIRO, May 22: Israeli tanks advanced to the edge of a crowded district in the heart of Rafah on Wednesday ...

Israel vows to broaden Rafah sweep amid heavy fighting in parts of Gaza

CAIRO/JERUSALEM, May 20: Israel made a new push in central Gaza on Monday, bombarded towns in the north of the ...

UN says 800,000 have fled fierce fighting in Rafah

Observer Online Desk

Heavy clashes and bombardment rocked the southern Gaza city of Rafah Saturday, as the UnitedNations said 800,000 people had been ...