The Latest Breaking News from Rafah

Civilians fled the southern Gaza city of Rafah ahead of a threatened Israeli ground offensive as Palestinians on Wednesday marked the anniversary of the Nakba ("catastrophe"), when hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were driven from their homes during the creation of Israel in 1948. Read our liveblog for all the…

President Biden approves new weapons deals for Israel, addressing concerns about Rafah without immediate action.

Satellite imagery of Rafah, Gaza, provided by commercial company Planet Labs, offers a spaceborne view of the Israel-Hamas war.

UN says more half a million people displaced in recent days as Israeli troops press assaults in north and south Gaza.

The White House is trying to dissuade Israel from launching a broad military operation in the southern Gaza city that would cross Biden's "red line" for withholding weapons to Israel.

The United Nations said that one of its aid workers was killed and another injured when their vehicle was struck on Monday in Rafah in southern Gaza.

Witnesses report clashes in streets after seeing tanks cross strategically important Salah al-Din road

Living conditions here are abysmal, but for those escaping the Rafah invasion, it’s still a place of salvation, says Eman Mohamed, a maths teacher from Gaza

The story of Mohamed Abu Daqqa in Gaza highlights the devastating impact of conflict on displaced Palestinians in Khan Younis and Rafah.

Israeli troops fought Hamas militants in multiple battles across the Gaza Strip, forcing new waves of Palestinian mass displacement, as Israel marked a sombre Independence Day on Tuesday.

Qatar says mediation efforts are being hampered by Israel’s offensive on Gaza’s southern city.