The Latest Breaking News from Rafah

With the war in its sixth month, Israel says plan presented to international mediators based on ‘unrealistic demands’.

Five months into the war, about half of Gaza's population has been squeezed into Rafah. The governorate was crowded before the war, but mass displacement has made it the site of a spiraling crisis.

Home affairs investigating how some Palestinians crossed from Gaza into Egypt ‘without explanation’

World Central Kitchen sends aid to Gaza; Israel plans Rafah evacuation amid scrutiny and challenges.

It's Day 160 of the raging war in Gaza – the Israeli army continues to target high-ranking officials of Hamas as the U.S. continues to pressure the Netanyahu government against launching an all-out ground invasion of civilian-packed Rafah.

The deadly incident comes after an Israeli air strike on an UNRWA-run aid centre kills at least five people in Rafah.

An Israeli strike has killed five Palestinians and injured 22 after it hit a UN aid distribution centre in Rafah.

A first boat loaded with 200 tonnes of food aid was making slow progress towards the Gaza Strip on Thursday as efforts grew to bring more humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian territory besieged by Israel.

Palestinian Islamist group Hamas said Thursday it presented to mediators a comprehensive vision of a truce deal that is based on stopping the Israeli "aggression" against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, providing relief and aid, the return of displaced Gazans to their houses, and the withdrawal of Israeli forces. Earlier…

Israeli military plans to relocate displaced Palestinians in Rafah for an offensive against Hamas. Concerns raised over civilian casualties and humanitaria...

The children were moved out of Rafah by the charity SOS Children's Villages International with the help of the German government. But the transfer has sparked anger among some hardliners in Israel.