2 days ago · Most Hamas terrorists were drugged, completely inhumane, rescued hostage says Har, who was abducted on October 7 from Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak, was later freed in a daring military operation in Rafah ...

6 days ago · Last year, Rafah was home to over a million Palestinians displaced from the Israel-Hamas war. Now, Palestinians in Gaza wade through rubble to see what remains.

4 days ago · With a ceasefire agreement pausing the war between Israel and Hamas, Israeli troops have withdrawn from Gaza city centers. For the first time in eight months, NPR got a glimpse of Rafah this week.

On 6 May 2024, Israel began a military offensive in and around the city of Rafah as part of its invasion of the Gaza Strip during the Israel–Hamas war.

5 days ago · Video appears to show Hamas shooting several alleged ‘collaborators’ in Gaza Palestinian reports say Hamas executed six Gazans in Rafah accused of spying for Israel, shot 17 people in the feet ...

May 7, 2024 · Israeli leaders said they began striking targets in Gaza city of Rafah, hours after Hamas announced it had accepted an Egyptian-Qatari cease-fire proposal.

Jul 7, 2024 · RAFAH, Gaza — Homes destroyed, buildings reduced to rubble and few signs of life other than sporadic gunfire. That's all there is to see now in some parts of Rafah, the city in southern Gaza...

May 6, 2024 · Israel's government said the proposal failed to meet its requirements and said it's pushing ahead with a military operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where earlier Monday it had ordered...

May 27, 2024 · The Israeli military said its air force struck a Hamas compound in Rafah and that the strike was carried out with “precise ammunition and on the basis of precise intelligence”.

May 8, 2024 · For months, Israel has vowed to launch a Rafah military operation regardless of whether there is a cease-fire with Hamas. Here is a timeline of events leading up to its offensive in Rafah,...