Palestinians in Gaza find Rafah in ruins as ceasefire begins : NPR
3 days ago · A man sits in the rubble of his destroyed home in Rafah as Palestinians return to the southern Gaza Strip city for the first time in months, after Israeli troops withdrew to the border, Jan. 20 ...
Palestinians confront a landscape of destruction in Gaza's 'ghost …
Jan 21, 2025 · RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinians in Gaza are confronting an apocalyptic landscape of devastation after a ceasefire paused more than 15 months of fighting between Israel and Hamas. Across the tiny coastal enclave, where built-up refugee camps are interspersed between cities, drone footage ...
Destruction left behind in Rafah, Gaza after eight months of …
Jan 21, 2025 · Destruction left behind in Rafah, Gaza after eight months of Israel’s military offensive. Palestinians in Gaza are confronting an apocalyptic landscape of devastation after a ceasefire paused more than 15 months of fighting between Israel and Hamas. Mounds of rubble stretch as far as the eye can see in the tiny coastal enclave where built-up ...
Rafah | Gaza, Map, Offensive, Crossing, & Population | Britannica
Jan 13, 2025 · Rafah, city along the border of the Gaza Strip and Egypt that, for most of the 20th and into the 21st century, has been bisected with an eastern half in the Gaza area and a western half in Egypt. In 2023–24 Gazans displaced by the Israel-Hamas War crowded into the city as it became the final refuge for both civilians and what Israeli ...
Rafah is a dusty, rubble-strewn ghost town 2 months after Israel ...
Jul 7, 2024 · RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Two months ago, before Israeli troops invaded Rafah, the city sheltered most of Gaza’s more than 2 million people. Today it is a dust-covered ghost town. Abandoned, bullet-ridden apartment buildings have blasted out …
Israeli forces take control of Gaza side of Rafah border as cease …
May 8, 2024 · CAIRO (AP) — Israeli troops seized control of Gaza’s vital Rafah border crossing on Tuesday in what the White House described as a limited operation, as fears mount of a full-scale invasion of the southern city and talks with Hamas over a cease-fire and hostage release remain on a knife’s edge.
What’s happening in Gaza’s Rafah as Israel threatens to attack?
Feb 11, 2024 · Palestinian Rafah is 64sq km (25sq miles) and, as Israel assaulted Gaza these past four months, more and more people have been herded into it by Israeli forces who keep promising safety...
Israel takes control of Rafah crossing, Gaza’s lifeline: What’s going ...
May 7, 2024 · The Israeli military has seized control of the Gaza Strip side of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, moving forward with an offensive in the southern city as prospects for a ceasefire deal...
Gaza war: What we know about Israel's Rafah hostage rescue raid
Feb 12, 2024 · Details have begun to emerge of an overnight Israeli military operation which freed two Israeli-Argentine hostages held captive by Hamas in the city of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip.
Timeline of events leading to Israel's Rafah offensive : NPR
May 8, 2024 · The Gaza Strip's Rafah border crossing with Egypt has been a key lifeline for people in the Palestinian enclave. Here is a timeline of events since Oct. 7, 2023, leading up to Israel's...