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The Latest Breaking News from Rafah

First Thing: Trump becomes convicted felon after being found guilty on all 34 hush-money counts

Trump is the first US president to become a convicted felon. Plus, Nan Goldin on her shame over Gaza

The Guardian - UK

Israel-Gaza war: IDF says its troops have ended operations in eastern Jabaliya – as it happened

IDF said it destroyed 10 kilometres of tunnels and several weapons production sites in days of fighting that included more than 200 airstrikes

The Guardian - AU

Israel Pummels Gaza As Troops Push Into Central Rafah

Israeli forces on Friday struck targets across the Gaza Strip, with witnesses reporting air raids around the southern city of Rafah, the latest focus of the nearly eight-month war.

Latin Times

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All Eyes on Rafah: sharing images of war comes with a moral responsibility. What can we make of this AI-generated anomaly?

Over the past few days, one image has been shared at least 45 million times on Instagram. It shows an aerial landscape with hundreds of thousands of tents, pitched in rows, on red earth. In the centre, the tents align to form the slogan “All Eyes on Rafah”.

The Conversation

Why All Eyes on Rafah image got backlash

The viral image has been reposted on Instagram more than 47 million times, but what good does it actually do?

Salon

Hamas says it will not enter negotiations unless Israel stops war on Gaza

The Palestinian group says it is ready for a ‘complete agreement’ including exchange of captives if Israel ends assault.

Al Jazeera

Can Israel ignore the pressure? International condemnation swells after Rafah offensive

Can Israel ignore the pressure? Young people outraged by the graphic images of the Rafah tent fire that killed dozens of civilians are out in the streets of Paris and Marseille, this as Ireland, Norway and Spain recognise a Palestinian state and international courts mount cases over the war in…

France 24

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Israel could have used smaller weapons against Hamas to avoid deaths in Gaza tent fire, experts say

Defense experts who've reviewed debris images from an Israeli airstrike that ignited a deadly fire in a camp for displaced Palestinians question why Israel didn't use smaller, more precise weapons when so many civilians were nearby

The Independent UK

An arresting picture of a child in Rafah that should end the supply of arms to Israel

Letters: This is no ‘tragic mishap’ | Votes and phones for teenagers | D-day and Dunkirk’s domination | On the hunt for Private Eye | One-word slogans

The Guardian - UK

Israel steps up shelling of Rafah as splits deepen in Netanyahu’s war cabinet

Party of war cabinet member Benny Gantz calls for the Israeli parliament to be dissolved

The Independent UK

Gaza update: as assault on Rafah continues international sentiment shifts away from supporting Israel

If Israel’s ongoing assault on Rafah on the Gaza Strip is anything to go on, the concept of “red lines”, so beloved of US presidents as a measure of when to take action, is increasingly flexible. Back in February, when the Israeli government was planning the operation, the US president…

The Conversation

U.S., Egypt and Israel to meet to discuss Gaza border security

The Biden administration views Egypt as a key player in any post-war plan for Gaza.

Axios

‘Major ground operation’: If Biden has a Gaza 'red line,' Israel likely has leeway left - Roll Call

President Biden described a line Israel should not cross in Gaza. If it really exists, Israel seems to still have leeway to press into Rafah.

Roll Call

Israeli Defense Minister Reveals Hostages Held In Rafah

Israeli Defense Minister briefs US on hostages in Rafah, sparking global condemnation over strikes. President Biden warns against major invasion.

Top News

Two Paramedics Killed In Rafah Amid Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Tragic deaths of PRCS paramedics in Rafah highlight risks faced by humanitarian workers in conflict zones. Urgent need to protect those carrying out vital ...

Al Jazeera

How Israel pushed dotted ‘red lines’ to have its way in Rafah

Israel has ignored calls from its Western allies not to conduct a major operation in Rafah and faced no consequences.

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Rafah Battles Intensify As Israel Takes Over Gaza-Egypt Border Strip

The Israeli military launched its incursion into Rafah in early May despite international objections over the fate of Palestinian civilians sheltering there.

The Guardian - AU

Israel-Gaza war: Israel says 300 Palestinian gunmen killed in Rafah offensive – as it happened

Military says it has had gained ‘operational’ control over the 14km-long Philadelpi corridor on the Egypt-Gaza border

The Independent UK

The Latest | 2 soldiers are killed in a West Bank car-ramming attack, Israeli military says

The Israeli military says two soldiers have been killed in a car-ramming attack in the occupied West Bank

The Conversation

As Israel pushes into Rafah, it exposes an uncomfortable truth: no court alone can protect civilians in war

The world has reacted with anger this week after an Israeli air strike on a safe zone for displaced civilians in southern Gaza reportedly resulted in the deaths of at least 45 people, including women and children.

The Guardian - AU

Israel in effective control of entire Gaza land border after taking Philadelphi Corridor in south

The IDF says that it is in ‘operational’ control of the buffer zone on Egypt’s border, a move which risks complicating relations with Cairo, amid Rafah offensive

Al Jazeera

Israel says war on Gaza likely to last another seven months

National security adviser says he expects another ‘seven months of fighting’ as Israel expands Rafah offensive.

The Independent UK

US officials won’t admit American-made bombs used in Rafah tent camp strike that killed 45

Deadly blaze in Rafah camp ignited after airstrike using US-made GBU-39 bombs, analysts say

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