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The Latest Breaking News from Rafah

US-led diplomatic effort fails to ease Palestinians’ plight in Gaza

Antony Blinken returns to Israel after Gulf tour and Joe Biden reportedly considering a visit amid humanitarian fears

The Guardian - UK

Confusion over whether Brits may be able to flee Gaza through Rafah crossing ahead of Israeli ground attacks

A minister raised hopes that Britons trapped in Gaza may be able to flee if the Rafah crossing with Egypt opens possibly as early as Monday.

Evening Standard

Egypt’s tricky calculation as Israel’s assault on Gaza continues

Egyptian government has stated its ‘rejection and denunciation of any displacement’ of Palestinians from Gaza.

Al Jazeera

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Iran warns of ‘pre-emptive action’ as Gaza ground assault looms – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Israel-Hamas war: Biden says Gaza occupation would be ‘big mistake’ – as it happened

US president says he is ‘confident’ Israel will act under the rules of war; Thousands of patients at risk in Gaza, says UN humanitarian office

The Guardian - AU

Rafah border crossing: could Egypt open it to fleeing Palestinians?

As people in the Gaza Strip move south en masse, we look at the prospects of their being granted refuge in Sinai

The Guardian - UK

Hamas holding up to 10 Britons hostage in Gaza, says foreign secretary

James Cleverly says updated figure of those captured in attack on Israel is ‘not an unreasonable estimate’

The Guardian - UK

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Hamas and Israel at war: what we know on day nine

Netanyahu promises to ‘dismantle’ Hamas; IDF confirms 126 Israeli hostages are being held in Gaza; death toll in Gaza stands at over 2,300 as humanitarian aid remains blocked at Rafah crossing

The Guardian - UK

Blinken returning to Israel to try to limit death toll from an invasion of Gaza

US is concerned heavy Palestinian casualties caused by expected ground assault will provoke Iran and inflame wider tensions

The Guardian - UK

Son says British-Palestinian parents at Egyptian border are ‘essentially like caged hens just waiting to die’

Mo El-Deeb, whose British-Palestinian parents are in south Gaza, likens situation to ‘ticking bomb’

The Independent UK

British parents ‘trapped’ in Gaza ‘like caged hens waiting to die’, says son

Mo El-Deeb, whose British-Palestinian parents are in southern Gaza, likened the situation to a ‘ticking time bomb’.

The Independent UK

Agreement reached to allow foreigners to exit Gaza as war escalates

An agreement has been reached to allow foreigners to exit Gaza through the Rafah border crossing later Saturday.

The National (Scotland)

300 Palestinians killed in past 24 hours, health ministry reports – as it happened

Israeli PM posts video to troops saying ‘we are all ready’

The Guardian - AU

Israeli evacuation call in Gaza hikes Egypt's fears of a mass exodus of refugees into its territory

Israel’s call for half of the Gaza Strip’s population to evacuate south is hiking Egypt’s fears of a massive influx of refugees across the border into its territory

The Independent UK

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Chicago Sun-Times

As desperation grows in Gaza, Israel says it won’t allow aid until Hamas releases hostages

International aid groups warned of a worsening humanitarian crisis after Israel halted deliveries of food, water, fuel and electricity to Gaza’s 2.3 million people and prevented entry of supplies from Egypt. The war has claimed at least 2,700 lives on both sides.

Al Jazeera

Alarm as Israel again hits Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt

The third attack on the crossing’s Palestinian side in the last 24 hours consisted of ‘four missiles’, reports say.

Al Jazeera

Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt disrupted by Israeli air raids

With Israel declaring ‘total blockade’ of Gaza, crossing with Egypt is single point in and out of besieged enclave.

Al Jazeera

Four Hajj delegations leave besieged Gaza to Mecca

Thousands of pilgrims left from the Rafah crossing to Cairo’s airport and then to Mecca.

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Daily Mirror

Three Islamic Jihad leaders killed in Israeli airstrikes along with wives and children

Palestinian officials said eight women and children were among the dead and another 20 people were injured in the explosions which were heard as far away as Rafah, on Gaza's southern border with Egypt

Al Jazeera

Gaza’s Ramadan League: An indispensable annual tradition

The final held in the Rafah refugee camp drew ardent fans and possibly a talent scout or two.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Trapped and Jobless, Gaza Youths Look for a Way Out

Sabreen Abu Jazar was only hours from completing the perilous journey from Gaza to meet her husband in Europe last month when her migrant boat flipped and sank 100 meters from the Greek coast. Her body was finally returned home this week. "She phoned me just before travelling and asked…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Gazans Risk Death at Sea Dreaming of Life in Europe

Younis al-Shaer left Gaza dreaming of a better life in Europe, only to return to the Palestinian enclave in a coffin. The 21-year-old was one of scores of Palestinians risking the perilous journey across the Mediterranean. He drowned alongside seven other Gazans, whose bodies were returned home in December, adding…

Al Jazeera

‘Blood, body parts, screams’: Gaza reels after Israeli strikes

Traumatised people of Gaza’s Rafah refugee camp recount the horrors of Israel’s ‘targeted killing’ of PIJ commander.

Reuters

Palestinians sift through rubble at Gaza camp hit in Israeli strike

When Israeli rockets slammed into her neighbourhood in a crowded refugee camp in the Gaza strip on Saturday night, 9-year-old Leen Matar said she was so scared that she began to recite Islam's final prayers.

WEKU

A cease-fire between Israel and Palestinian militants has taken effect in Gaza

Egyptian officials said both sides agreed to a truce to end a flare-up of violence that has killed dozens of Palestinians.

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