This live page is now closed. You can continue to follow our coverage of the war in Gaza here. The International Rescue Committee says the “scale of the crisis defies imagination” in southern ...
Israeli military drops leaflets ordering hundreds of thousands of people to leave the city. This blog is now closed. People in Rafah 'exhausted, degraded, humiliated' after days of 'relentless ...
Tel Aviv — Nearly 360,000 people had fled the Gaza Strip's southernmost city of Rafah by Monday, according to the United Nations, in an exodus that tripled in size over just a few days.
After Hamas led deadly attacks in Israel on Oct. 7, Israel began intense bombing and ground campaigns in Gaza. The war and the humanitarian crisis in the besieged enclave have shaken the region ...
Israel called again on Saturday for civilians to leave parts of the city. Israel orders new widespread evacuation in Rafah As the Israel-Hamas war crosses the seven-month mark, renewed ...
As the Gaza war drags into its eighth bloody month, opinions have hardened as to what it’s all about. And most of them are wrong. On the pro-Israel side, the war is a necessary response to Oct. 7.
Hamas’s leader in Gaza is considered an architect of the Oct. 7 attacks that prompted Israel to retaliate. As mediators seek a cease-fire, a deal depends on Mr. Sinwar as well as his Israeli foes.
Many Palestinians are fleeing eastern parts of Rafah, after the Israeli military ordered their evacuation before starting an operation in the southern Gaza city. On Monday the military told the ...
Israel estimates some 112 hostages held by Hamas have been released or freed; 84 are believed still to be alive in Gaza. Here’s what we know. At least 45 people were killed in the attack, the ...