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Israel strikes Rafah despite UN court order to halt military operations

Palestinians stand around a charred fishing boat that was hit by an Israeli air strike on the Mediterranean coast of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on May 22, 2024. © Eyad Baba, AFP

Israel bombed the Gaza Strip, including Rafah, on Saturday, a day after the top UN court ordered it to halt military operations in the southern city as efforts get underway in Paris to seek a ceasefire in the war sparked by Hamas's October 7 attack. Read our blog to see how all the day's events unfolded.

This blog is no longer being updated. For more coverage of the Israel-Hamas war, click here. 

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