Netanyahu orders strong action against Hamas after ceasefire violation, holds security consultationIsrael's Prime Minister Netanyahu ordered strong action against Hamas targets in Gaza. This follows reports of Hamas violating a ceasefire....
19 Oct, 2025, 06.25 PM IST
Egypt to host talks with Israel, US over Rafah crossingEgypt to host Israeli and US officials in Cairo to discuss reopening the vital Rafah crossing for aid into Gaza. Efforts for a ceasefire in...
02 Jun, 2024, 12.18 AM IST
Food bound for Gaza rots as Egypt's Rafah crossing stays shutEgyptian officials and sources say humanitarian operations are at risk from military activity and that Israel needs to hand the crossing ba...
26 May, 2024, 12.54 AM IST
Israel strikes Rafah after top UN court orders it to halt offensiveIsraeli air strikes and artillery pounded Rafah on Saturday, as the government dismissed a UN top court's order to immediately halt its mil...
25 May, 2024, 08.02 PM IST
Israel strikes Rafah after top UN court orders it to halt offensiveIsrael defies UN court order, ICJ demands ceasefire with Hamas. South Africa accuses Israel of genocide in Rafah, hostages still held by mi...
25 May, 2024, 12.48 PM IST
Israel strikes Gaza as more Rafah evacuations orderedIsraeli strikes in Gaza escalate, risking disaster. UN warns of humanitarian crisis. Netanyahu vows action in Rafah. Army active at crossin...
11 May, 2024, 10.36 PM IST
Heavy fighting in Gaza's Rafah keeps aid crossings closed and sends 110,000 civilians fleeingThe World Food Program will run out of food for distribution in southern Gaza by Saturday, said Georgios Petropoulos, an official with the ...
10 May, 2024, 11.36 PM IST
Israel says it reopened a key Gaza crossing after a rocket attack but the UN says no aid has enteredThe Israeli military reopened the Kerem Shalom crossing into Gaza after days of closure, but no humanitarian aid has entered yet, and there...
09 May, 2024, 07.28 AM IST
Israel agrees to allow aid into Gaza, strikes RafahFears are growing of a full-blown assault in Rafah, long threatened by Israel, against holdouts of the Palestinian militant group Hamas as ...
07 May, 2024, 11.11 AM IST
Israel attacks Rafah after Hamas claims responsibility for deadly rocket attackThree Israeli soldiers were killed in a rocket attack claimed by Hamas near the Gaza Strip city of Rafah, where Palestinian health official...
06 May, 2024, 07.11 AM IST
Egypt says to help evacuate 'about 7,000' Gaza foreign nationalsEgypt's foreign ministry announced its assistance in evacuating approximately 7,000 foreign nationals and dual citizens from the conflict-s...
02 Nov, 2023, 02.23 PM IST
Who controls the Rafah crossing and why is it so important to Gaza?The Egyptian-controlled Rafah crossing is in the news due to its significance as Gaza's main lifeline to the outside world, not controlled ...
01 Nov, 2023, 09.41 PM IST
First foreigners leave Gaza for Egypt via Rafah crossingMany foreign passport holders began to evacuate Gaza's war-torn area after Egypt opened the Rafah crossing for traffic for the first time s...
01 Nov, 2023, 02.34 PM IST
Gaza aid stuck as Egypt says Israel not cooperatingEgypt has accused Israel of not cooperating with the delivery of aid into Gaza and the evacuation of foreign passport holders through the R...
17 Oct, 2023, 03.04 PM IST
Why is Cairo reluctant to open The Rafah Crossing for Gazans amid the Israel-Hamas conflict?As Israel tightens its border controls, the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt has become the only remaining connection for the besieged...
16 Oct, 2023, 06.40 PM IST
Blinken confident Rafah crossing with Gaza to open to aid"We're putting in place with the United Nations, with Egypt, with Israel, with others, the mechanism by which to get the assistance and to ...
15 Oct, 2023, 10.25 PM IST
- Aid convoy returns as Egypt closes border with Gaza
A convoy of four trucks carrying humanitarian aid and food returned to Al-Arish, without being able to cross the Rafah crossing border, a s...
01 Aug, 2014, 11.01 PM IST