Israel strikes Gazan city of Rafah after evacuation order, say residents
Fears are growing of a full-blown assault in Rafah, long threatened by Israel.
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Fears are growing of a full-blown assault in Rafah, long threatened by Israel.
Aid agencies have warned that the evacuation order will lead to an even worse humanitarian disaster in the crowded coastal enclave of 2.3 million people reeling from seven months of war.
Israel's military carried out airstrikes in Rafah on Monday, residents said, hours after Israel told Palestinians to evacuate parts of the southern Gaza city where more than a million people uprooted by the war have been sheltering.Fears are growing of a full-blown assault in Rafah, long threatened
(Corrects conversion of km to miles in paragraph 4) By Mohammed Salem and Nidal al-Mughrabi RAFAH, Gaza Strip (Reuters) -Israel’s military carried out airstrikes in Rafah on Monday, residents said, hours after Israel told Palestinians to evacuate parts of the southern Gaza city where more than a million people uprooted by the war have been…
The Hamas militant group says it has accepted an Egyptian-Qatari cease-fire proposal to halt the seven-month war with Israel.