Tag: Rafah
Israel: Civilians killed by fire that broke out after Rafah strike
Noncombatants were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Rafah on Sunday night due to a fire that broke out after the attack, an Israeli government spokesperson said on Monday.
The Israel Defense Forces earlier said that it...
ICJ rules Israel must ‘immediately’ halt Rafah military offensive
The International Court of Justice, the principal United Nations judicial arm located in the Hague, voted 13 to two on Friday to insist that the Jewish state “immediately halt its military offensive and any...
‘Hamas responsible for prolonging Gaza war’
Hamas started the war with Israel and is responsible for perpetuating the conflict by refusing to lay down arms and release the hostages, Israel Defense Forces Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said on Thursday.
“Hamas...
Blinken denies Washington withheld intelligence from Israel about Hamas
During congressional testimony on Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken denied that the Biden administration had offered to share additional intelligence with Israel if it refrained from launching a military operation in Rafah,...
Rafah is the Führerbunker
Of all the trite clichés spouted by Israel-haters, the claim that Gaza is an “open-air prison” or “the world’s largest concentration camp” is among the silliest. Apologists for Palestinian depravity seem to revel in...
ICJ kicks off hearings on Israel’s Rafah offensive
The International Court of Justice in The Hague on Thursday is taking up a request by South Africa to press Israel to halt its military operations in Rafah in southern Gaza, where IDF ground forces...
Egypt’s duplicity, the world’s silence
On May 12, Egypt announced that it will support South Africa’s genocide case against Israel in the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The announcement came in response to the ongoing Israeli military operation against Hamas terrorists...
Lew: Biden admin has no ‘real disagreements’ with Israel
Washington has no “real disagreements” with Israel over its targeted raid in eastern Rafah and war aim of destroying the remaining Hamas battalions in Gaza’s southernmost city, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Jack Lew claimed...
Netanyahu: ‘If necessary, we will fight with our fingernails’
Jerusalem will win the war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip with its fingernails, if necessary, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed on Thursday night, a day after U.S. President Joe Biden said he...
Trump: Biden ‘siding with Hamas’
Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday blasted U.S. President Joe Biden for conditioning American military aid on Israel avoiding a ground offensive in Rafah, accusing him of siding with Hamas and “leading the world straight into World...