The Latest Breaking News from Rafah

Benjamin Netanyahu faces chorus of diplomatic pressure not to go ahead with full-scale offensive on Rafah

Israel has ordered Palestinians to evacuate parts of Rafah after cease-fire talks failed. Boeing is set to launch two astronauts to the International Space Station tonight.

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The Israeli military on Monday ordered tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians in Rafah to evacuate, a move indicating Israel's offensive on Gaza's southmost area could be imminent.

It's Day 213 of the war in Gaza – eyes are on the Israeli army after it ordered residents of parts of Rafah, an overcrowded city in southern Gaza, to evacuate despite immense global pressure to hold off on a ground invasion of the city without an effective civilian evacuation…

Israel's military on Monday called for the evacuation of Palestinians from eastern Rafah, ahead of a long-threatened ground invasion of the southern Gaza city, the prospect of which has triggered widespread global alarm.

Blaming Hamas for deadlocked negotiations, Israel appears set to launch threatened offensive on southern Gaza city.

Israel's military instructs Rafah evacuation, potential ground invasion looms. Airstrikes in Lebanon escalate tensions.

Escalating tensions in Rafah endanger displaced Palestinians, especially children, amid threats of Israeli ground offensive. Efforts to protect civilians a...