As Rafah braces for Israeli ground assault, Biden says ‘ceasefire’ more often U.S. President Joe Biden spent months wanting a “pause” in the fighting between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. But with Israel preparing for a ground offensive in Rafah, his rhetoric is shifting to emphasize the need for a “temporary ceasefire”. It sounds like…
As Israeli forces pressed their offensive against Hamas militants, the first group of civilian evacuees from Gaza entered Egypt on Wednesday thanks to a deal that Qatar mediated. A day after Palestinian health officials reported that an Israeli airstrike there killed over 50 people and injured 150 more, with Israel claiming it also killed a…
Israel said its fighter jets killed a Hamas leader in an attack on a refugee camp in Gaza with a lot of people. The attack also killed at least 50 Palestinians as fighting got worse in the enclave, which is running out of food, fuel, and supplies. In the fighting in Gaza on Tuesday, 11…
As Israeli ground forces engaged Hamas terrorists who were stationed in a vast network of tunnels, Palestinian health sources said that at least fifty Palestinians had died after Israeli airstrikes struck a heavily populated refugee camp in north Gaza on Tuesday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected international requests for the war to end in…
Yoav Gallant, the Israeli defence minister, warned troops assembled at the Gaza border on Thursday that they would soon see the Palestinian territory “from inside,” possibly indicating that the anticipated ground invasion aimed at destroying Hamas is drawing near. More airstrikes against Gaza were launched by Israel on Thursday in response to the Hamas gunmen’s…
On Wednesday, U.S. President Joe Biden will pay a high-profile visit to Israel to show support for its war against Hamas. This comes after Washington said that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had agreed to let aid get to Gazans who are under lockdown. Trucks bringing essential supplies for Gaza were heading towards the Rafah crossing…
Thousands of Palestinians fled the north of the Gaza Strip on Saturday from the path of an expected Israeli ground assault, while Israel pounded the area with more air strikes and said it would keep two roads open to let people escape. Israel had given the entire population of the northern half of the Gaza…
