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Dead wrapped in body bags after a night of relentless Israeli artillery fire east of Rafah The drowned body of a child was among three people killed in eastern Rafah who were taken to Kuwait Specialized Hospital on Thursday. The Israel Defense Forces warned people in eastern Gaza to evacuate on Monday. A local reporter working for CNN saw bodies …

Israeli leaders clashed after Biden’s move to halt some arms shipments Israeli politicians exchanged political jokes with each other on Thursday morning in reaction to US President Joe Biden’s announcement on CNN that the US would stop its arms supply to Israel if a ground invasion was launched into Rafah. Israel’s Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben Gvir, condemned the …

The Kerem Shalom crossing was closed for the fourth day in a row, Gaza crossing authorities said The Kerem Shalom crossing to Gaza from Israel was closed for the fourth day in a row, according to a spokesman for the area’s Crossing Authority. There are conflicting reports about the status of the crossing, which Israel closed after it was hit …

Halting arms shipments to Israel could “significantly affect military objectives”: Israel’s UN ambassador A halt to arms shipments from the US could “harm” Israel’s ability to “achieve military objectives,” Israel’s UN ambassador said on Thursday. Gilad Erdan responded to President Joe Biden’s statement on Wednesday that he would halt some US arms shipments to Israel if Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin …

The UN estimates that nearly 79,000 people have fled Rafah since Monday The UN’s main aid agency in Gaza (UNRWA) estimates that nearly 79,000 people have left the southern city of Rafah since Monday as Israel’s offensive on the city expanded. “Rafah today: now a daily scene of forcibly displaced families fleeing the area,” the agency’s communications officer Louise Wateridge …

“Rafah is hanging on the edge of the abyss,” said a UNICEF official in Gaza Rafah is “hanging on the edge” and those left behind in southern Gaza city, including 600,000 children, are the most vulnerable and live in “shocking” conditions, according to a United Nations Children’s Fund official in Rafah. “(They are) living in very difficult conditions under tents, …

Biden said the US would not send weapons to Israel if it attacked Rafah. This is the latest President Joe Biden said he would halt some US arms shipments to Israel if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered a massive invasion of the town of Rafah. “Civilians have been killed in Gaza as a result of those bombs and the other …

Clashes broke out between police and families of Gazan hostages in Tel Aviv Clashes between Israeli police and family members of hostages held in Gaza erupted Wednesday night in Tel Aviv. Police said two people were arrested after protesters pushed through barricades and confronted officers. Two police officers were slightly injured in the scuffle, a police statement said. A police …

The Norwegian Refugee Council said none of its trucks crossed Kerem Shalom on Wednesday, the organization said The Norwegian Refugee Council said none of its aid trucks had successfully crossed into the Gaza Strip via the Kerem Shalom crossing on Wednesday. Early Wednesday, Israel said aid crossings had reopened. However, Jan Egeland, head of the Norwegian Refugee Council, told CNN’s …

Biden said he would stop sending bombs and artillery shells to Israel if it launched a major invasion of Rafah President Joe Biden said for the first time on Wednesday he would halt some shipments of American weapons to Israel – which he admits have been used to kill civilians in Gaza – if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu orders a …