An Israeli tank brigade seized control of Gaza’s vital Rafah border crossing Tuesday as Israel brushed off urgent warnings from close allies and launched an incursion into the southern city even as cease-fire negotiations with Hamas remained on a knife’s edge.
President Joe Biden told CNN on Wednesday he would halt some shipments of US weapons to Israel if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered a major invasion of the city of Rafah. Follow for live updates.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday slammed Hamas’s latest ceasefire proposal as an insincere offer and choreographed public relations move meant to stall Israel’s planned ground offensive in Rafah.
Israeli prime minister’s comments come as diplomatic sources say the agreement approved by Hamas is similar to the Egyptian proposal Israel already agreed to
Israel and Hamas have rejected each other’s proposals for a ceasefire and hostages deal. Hamas unexpectedly signed a version of the deal on Monday, but it contained amendments to which Israel had previously not agreed.
The Israeli PM has rejected the latest deal. Both he and Hamas’s leadership must stop playing politics with people’s lives, says Simon Tisdall, the Observer’s foreign affairs commentator
Israel began striking targets in the southern Gaza town of Rafah, its leaders said Monday, hours after Hamas announced it had accepted an Egyptian-Qatari cease-fire proposal. Still,
The Israeli military said Wednesday a recent air strike had killed the commander of Hamas's naval unit in Gaza City, accusing of "attacks" against troops during the seven-month war.