The Latest Breaking News on First Thing: Fear in Rafah as Israel orders 100,000 to evacuate

The Israeli military on Monday ordered tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians in Rafah to evacuate, a move indicating Israel's offensive on Gaza's southmost area could be imminent.

It's Day 213 of the war in Gaza – eyes are on the Israeli army after it ordered residents of parts of Rafah, an overcrowded city in southern Gaza, to evacuate despite immense global pressure to hold off on a ground invasion of the city without an effective civilian evacuation…

Overnight Israeli strikes increase numbers leaving southern city for ‘humanitarian zone’ on coast

Israeli authorities have reportedly raided a Jerusalem hotel room used by Al Jazeera as its office after the country decided to shut down the Qatari-owned TV station’s local operations on Sunday. Video circulated online showed plainclothes officers dismantling camera equipment in a hotel room.

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh on Monday informed mediators Qatar and Egypt that the Palestinian group had accepted their proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza. Israel was “examining” the deal, which it said was “far” from its demands. Meanwhile Israel’s war cabinet on Monday night voted unanimously to approve a military…

Protests about the war in Gaza at universities across the nation are impacting social cohesion, the prime minister warns, as Australia sends Israel a message.

The latest round of Gaza cease-fire talks ended in Cairo. Meanwhile, Israel closed its main crossing point for delivering badly needed humanitarian aid for Gaza after Hamas attacked it.

The crossing is one of the few routes to get humanitarian aid into Gaza

Officers in riot gear raid encampment at dawn as university warns demonstrators that failure to leave could