On Wednesday, Haaretz reported that Israel is preparing to expand its "buffer zone", swallowing Rafah and its surrounding neighbourhoods in southern Gaza. The city - once the last refuge for ...

The 188th Brigade Combat Team is continuing targeted activity in new areas of Rafah with the aim of dismantling terrorist infrastructure and establishing operational control. Defense Minister ...

The IDF has ordered Palestinians to evacuate Rafah. Israel announced Saturday that its military has completed the establishment of a new security corridor in the Gaza Strip, effectively taking ...

The corridor, Morag, aims to isolate Rafah. Rafah's municipality criticised the move as a breach of international law. Airstrikes continued, causing casualties. Evacuations were ordered following ...

Over the weekend, the 36th Division’s troops completed the establishment of the Morag route, separating the Rafah and Khan Yunis Brigades. Throughout operations in the past week and a half ...

The IDF has completed the encirclement of Gaza's Rafah, the Israeli military said on Saturday, part of an announced plan to seize more areas of the Gaza Strip, accompanied by large-scale ...

The Israeli army has destroyed 90% of residential neighborhoods in the southern Gaza city of Rafah since October 2023, local authorities said on Sunday. Gaza’s government media office said that ...

Over the past week, Golani Brigade forces have destroyed a Hamas underground terror tunnel system in Rafah located within a former kindergarten compound and ...

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel announced Saturday it has completed construction of a new security corridor that cuts off the southern city of Rafah from the rest of Gaza, as the military said it ...

Before October 2023, Rafah - a city covering nearly one-fifth of the Gaza Strip - was home to 350,000 residents. During the war, it gained international visibility as a supposed safe zone for one ...

Tel Aviv/Gaza (dpa) - Das israelische Militär hat nach Angaben eines Sprechers die Stadt Rafah im Süden des Gazastreifens vollständig umzingelt. Die Gebiete von Rafah und Chan Junis seien ...