The Latest Breaking News from Rafah

Minister says fighting will reach southern border city if remaining hostages not released in next few weeks

Learn about Israel's strategic efforts to target Hamas in Rafah and de-escalate conflict in Gaza in a six-week military operation.

Israeli war cabinet discusses expanding military operations in Rafah if remaining hostages aren't returned, amidst ongoing conflict in Gaza.

The humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip is growing worse by the day, but not much aid is allowed in.

Barely out of boyhood, Shehab has to contend with losing his mother, the linchpin of his life.

Defensive maritime security operation launched in Red Sea and Gulf as crew evacuated from Belize-flagged ship and UK maritime body reports another attack

Israel has threatened to invade Gaza's Rafah by the start of Ramadan if Hamas does not return the remaining hostages by then, despite international pressure to protect Palestinian civilians sheltering in the southern city.

EU countries, except Hungary, on Monday called for an "immediate humanitarian pause that would lead to a sustainable ceasefire" in the Gaza war, the bloc's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said. The European Union has struggled for a united response on Israel's military operation following the October 7 attack by…

Diplomatic efforts stall amid Israeli opposition to what it calls ‘unilateral recognition’ of a Palestinian state

Labour leader calls for ‘a ceasefire that lasts’ in speech to Scottish party delegates in Glasgow

The strip’s second-largest hospital in southern Khan Younis city has many patients and other Palestinians sheltering.