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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
5/8/2024 3:48:00 PM
Israel said it reopened the Karm Abu Salem border crossing to humanitarian aid for Gaza Wednesday, four days after closing following a rocket attack that killed four soldiers, but the UN agency for Palestinian refugees said it remained closed.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
5/8/2024 3:34:00 PM
Talks to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza will resume in Cairo on Wednesday as Israel’s incursion of Rafah enters its second day, raising alarm for a humanitarian catastrophe in the city, where over a million Palestinians live, half of whom are children.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
5/8/2024 3:24:33 PM
Palestinian factions stressed on Wednesday their rejection of any form of non-Palestinian control over the Rafah crossing or any other border crossing in Gaza.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
5/8/2024 12:28:00 PM
Facing heat over its military support for Israel's war, the Biden administration is due to deliver a first-of-its-kind formal verdict this week on whether Israel has violated international humanitarian law and US laws during its war on Gaza.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
5/8/2024 12:12:28 PM
The White House thinks the Israeli occupation army's invasion to capture the Rafah crossing has not crossed US President Biden's "red line" in a way that could lead to a shift in US policy towards the Gaza war, two US officials told Axios.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
5/8/2024 10:38:10 AM
Israel struck the Gaza Strip on Wednesday after seizing the main border crossing with Egypt, where negotiators were working to make good on their "last chance" to cement a ceasefire deal.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
5/8/2024 9:56:58 AM
The United States paused a shipment of bombs to Israel last week over fears it would invade the southern Gaza city of Rafah, an official said Tuesday, marking the first time in the conflict that Joe Biden has squeezed military aid to the key US ally.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
5/7/2024 11:24:00 PM
Egypt is ready for all scenarios in Gaza after the Israeli army entered the Palestinian side of the Rafah Border Crossing, while at the same time is not taking on any security responsibilities inside the Gaza Strip, an informed source told Al-Qahera News on Tuesday.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Economy
5/7/2024 9:04:37 PM
Warnings of the humanitarian catastrophe an Israeli ground military operation in Rafah would cause are falling on deaf ears, writes Doaa El-Bey
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
5/7/2024 8:50:12 PM
The White House said Tuesday it was hopeful Israel and Hamas could "close the remaining gaps" in their ceasefire talks, adding that Israel said its military incursion in Gaza's Rafah was limited in scope.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
5/7/2024 8:01:03 PM
Germany warned Tuesday against a "major offensive" in Rafah after Israel sent tanks into the city in southern Gaza, and called for crossings into the territory to be reopened.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
5/7/2024 7:39:00 PM
Israeli negotiators have arrived in Cairo for talks on a truce in Gaza and the release of captives, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Tuesday, while Israel's defence minister vowed to "deepen" the Gaza operation if the talks fail to secure the release of captives held there by Hamas.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
5/7/2024 7:14:14 PM
During a meeting in Cairo on Tuesday with the French President's Special Envoy to Lebanon Jean-Yves Le Drian, Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry emphasized the importance of intensifying joint efforts to resolve the presidential vacuum in Lebanon.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
5/7/2024 5:52:49 PM
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called for crossings into Gaza to be reopened immediately to allow essential aid in, and urged Israel to "stop any escalation" after it sent tanks into Rafah.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
5/7/2024 5:09:52 PM
After seven months of Israel’s relentless and savage revenge war against the Palestinian people in Gaza, where nearly 35,000 people were killed and 80,000 others wounded, the vast majority innocent civilians, there is little room for optimism that the current, extremist Israeli government will heed the near unanimous international appeals not to commit another large-scale round of atrocities and insist on taking over the southern city of Rafah.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
5/7/2024 4:42:57 PM
Hanafy El-Gebaly, speaker of the House of Representatives, affirmed on Tuesday the House's full support for the firm steps taken by President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi in preserving the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people, and his continuing efforts to reach a ceasefire.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
5/7/2024 4:30:39 PM
21 Palestinian civilians, including children and women, were killed on Tuesday dawn as the occupation forces bombed various areas in the Gaza Strip, the majority of whom are from the city of Rafah, WAFA agency said.
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Multimedia
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In Pictures
5/7/2024 4:27:22 PM
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
5/7/2024 4:11:00 PM
High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell said on Tuesday that the Israeli attack on Rafah will kill more Palestinians, adding that Israel is launching the attack despite explicit warnings against it from European Union (EU) member states and the United States.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
5/7/2024 2:26:25 PM
Egypt strongly condemned on Tuesday the Israeli military operations in the Palestinian city of Rafah and the eventual Israeli control over the Palestinian side of the Rafah border crossing.
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