February 12, 2024Middle East U.S., U.N. and ICC Intensify Warnings to Israel Against Invading Rafah International pressure has escalated on Israel to restrain its military campaign in the southern Gazan city, where many have fled from attacks […] Read more
February 12, 2024Middle East Israeli Family Returns to Kfar Azza Kibbutz After Oct. 7 Attack Kibbutz Kfar Azza was evacuated after more than 60 residents were murdered and at least 18 were kidnapped on Oct. 7. But […] Read more
February 12, 2024Middle East Israeli Analysts Say Rafah Invasion Unlikely to Be Imminent A major challenge for Israeli forces will be how to move the more than 1 million Gazans who have crowded into the […] Read more
February 12, 2024Middle East For Many in Rafah, Displacement is a Recurring Nightmare More than a million people fled repeatedly before landing in Gaza’s southernmost city, and now they and the city’s residents are wondering […] Read more
February 12, 2024Middle East Biden Cautions Netanyahu on Ground Offensive in Southern Gaza The president told the Israeli leader on Sunday that protection was needed for Palestinians seeking shelter and called for “urgent and specific” […] Read more
February 12, 2024Middle East Israel Says It Will Protect Civilians in Rafah Amid Plans to Invade Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel would invade refugee-packed Rafah, but was drafting a plan to help people get out of […] Read more
February 12, 2024Middle East Who Are the 2 Hostages Israel Rescued From Hamas Captivity in Rafah? Fernando Simon Marman, 60, and Louis Har, 70, were in good condition and were undergoing tests at a Tel Aviv hospital, the […] Read more
February 12, 2024Middle East From Ancient Egypt, Death Masks Find an Afterlife Archaeologists working in Saqqara recently unearthed three funerary masks at least 1,800 years old. Archaeologists working in Saqqara recently unearthed three funerary […] Read more
February 12, 2024Middle East Dozens Killed in Rafah During Israeli Hostage Rescue, Gazan Officials Say The Gazan health ministry said that at least 67 people had been killed in Israeli strikes overnight in Rafah, and that the […] Read more
February 12, 2024Middle East Dutch Court Moves to Block Export of F-35 Jet Parts to Israel The move reflected mounting alarm over the civilian toll of Israel’s war in Gaza, but was unlikely to have an immediate effect […] Read more