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45 Palestinians Killed In Israeli Attacks In Rafah Amid Truce Talks

June 22, 2024 admin

Palestinian health officials said at least 45 Palestinians were killed in Israeli strikes across Gaza. Cairo: Israeli forces pounded Rafah in southern Gaza on Friday, as well as other areas across the enclave, killing at least 45 Palestinians as troops engaged in close-quarter combat with Hamas group operatives, residents and Israel’s military said. Residents said…

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Israel’s attack on Rafah: What is India’s position?

May 31, 2024 admin

We return to Israel’s bombardment of Gaza- now nearly 250 days of it- in retaliation for the October 7 terror attacks by Hamas- the latest civilian casualties, after Israel Defence Forces launched strikes on a refugee tent city in Rafah, an area designated a safe zone by Israel itself- killing about 45, many burnt to death…

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Israeli strikes in Rafah: Medics say at least 16 dead, residents report heavy fighting

May 28, 2024 admin

Displaced Palestinians inspect their tents destroyed by Israel’s bombardment, adjunct to an UNRWA facility west of Rafah city, Gaza Strip, on May 28, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Israeli strikes on Rafah have killed at least 16 Palestinians, first responders said May 28, as residents reported an escalation of fighting in the southern Gaza city….

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Israel strikes Rafah after top UN court orders it to halt offensive

May 25, 2024 admin

Israeli air strikes and artillery pounded Rafah on Saturday, despite the UN’s top court ordering an immediate halt to its military offensive in the southern Gazan city. At the same time, renewed efforts were underway in Paris aimed at securing a ceasefire in the war sparked by Palestinian militant group Hamas’s unprecedented October 7 attack…

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U.N. top court orders Israel to ‘immediately halt’ Rafah offensive

May 24, 2024 admin

South African Ambassador to the Netherlands Vusimuzi Madonsela uses a phone at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), during a ruling on South Africa’s request to order a halt to Israel’s Rafah offensive in Gaza as part of a larger case brought before the Hague-based court by South Africa accusing Israel of genocide, in The…

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Israeli Strike Kills 31 In Gaza As US Envoy Jake Sullivan Meets Benjamin Netanyahu Amid Rafah Ops

May 19, 2024 admin

An Israeli strike killed 31 people and wounded 20 in a home in the Nuseirat refugee camp Rafah, Palestinian Territories: An Israeli strike killed 31 people in central Gaza Sunday, the Palestinian territory’s civil defence agency said, as US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan visited for talks on the conflict. Israeli troops have moved in…

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Watch | Israel’s Rafah invasion | Explained

May 18, 2024 admin

The pre-war population of Rafah, the southernmost city of the Gaza strip sharing a border with Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, was 1,70,000. Today, seven months after Israel launched its war on Gaza, as many as 1.5 million people are living in Rafah. Many of them are camped on the streets and beaches, while others are cramped…

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Family Of Ex Indian Army Officer Killed In Gaza

May 15, 2024 admin

Thane: A deathly silence descended on the Thane residence of Waibhav Anil Kale after his family members received word of the killing of the former Indian Army officer, who worked for the United Nations in Gaza. Kale (46) died while traveling in a vehicle to a hospital in the Khan Younis area from Rafah. Speaking…

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More Palestinians flee as Israel pushes deeper into Rafah

May 13, 2024 admin

The exodus of Palestinians from Gaza’s last refuge accelerated on May 12 as Israeli forces pushed deeper into the southern city of Rafah. Israel also pounded the territory’s devastated north, where some Hamas militants have regrouped in areas the military said it had cleared months ago. Rafah is considered Hamas’ last stronghold. Some 3,00,000 of…

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Heavy fighting in Gaza’s Rafah keeps aid crossings closed, sends 100,000 civilians fleeing

May 10, 2024 admin

Palestinians travel in an animal-drawn cart as they flee Rafah after Israeli forces launched a ground and air operation in the eastern part of the southern Gaza city, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in the southern Gaza Strip May 9, 2024. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Heavy fighting between Israeli troops and Palestinian…

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