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An Egyptian soldier standing guard in a watch tower, seen from the Gaza city of Rafah (file image)
Israel says it controls corridor on Gaza-Egypt border
TEL AVIV — Israel's military says it has taken control over a strategic zone along the border between Gaza and Egypt, known as the Philadelphi Corridor.A spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said that about 20 tunnels used by Hamas to smuggle weapons into Gaza had been found there.Egyptian TV quoted sources denying this, and said Israel was trying to justify its military operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah.The announcement comes during a period of heightened tensions with Egypt."In recent days, IDF troops established operational control on the Philadelphi Corridor, on the border between Egypt and Rafah," IDF spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said on Wednesday.He described the corridor as a "lifeline" for Hamas, through which the group...
May 30, 2024

Israel says it controls corridor on Gaza-Egypt border

A Maxar Technologies satellite image, taken on Tuesday afternoon, right, shows a large section of the floating pier is missing
US pier constructed off Gaza has broken apart
WASHINGTON — The temporary pier constructed by the US military to transport aid into Gaza broke apart and sustained damage in heavy seas on Tuesday in a major blow to the American-led effort to create a maritime corridor for humanitarian supplies into the war-torn enclave, the Pentagon said.The pier was “damaged and sections of the pier need rebuilding and repairing,” Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh said on Tuesday. The pier will be removed from its location on the Gaza coast over the next 48 hours and taken to the Israeli port of Ashdod, where US Central Command will carry out repairs, Singh said. The repairs will take more than a week, further delaying the effort to get the maritime corridor fully operating.Earlier, four US officials told CNN the pier broke apart in...
May 29, 2024

US pier constructed off Gaza has broken apart

Footage obtained by CNN showed the camp in flames, with scores of men, women and children frantically trying to find cover from the nighttime assault.
White House says Israeli attack on Rafah camp did not cross Biden’s red line 
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is not altering his policy toward Israel following a deadly strike that resulted in the death of more than 45 people, the White House said Tuesday, suggesting the incident had not yet crossed a red line that would force changes in American support.Instead, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said the US would look for answers from Israel following the country’s investigation of the incident, which he described as “heartbreaking.”“As a result of this strike on Sunday, I have no policy changes to speak to. It just happened,” Kirby told reporters at the White House. “The Israelis are going to investigate it. We’re going to be taking great interest in what they find in that investigation. And we’ll see where it goes from...
May 29, 2024

White House says Israeli attack on Rafah camp did not cross Biden’s red line 

Fire rages following an Israeli strike in an area designated for displaced Palestinians in Rafah on May 26, 2024
US-made munitions used in deadly strike on Rafah tent camp
WASHINGTON — Munitions made in the United States were used in the deadly Israeli strike on a displacement camp in Rafah on Sunday, a CNN analysis of video from the scene and a review by explosive weapons experts has found.At least 45 people were killed and more than 200 others injured after a fire broke out following the Israeli military’s strike on the outskirts of Gaza’s southernmost city, most of them women and children, according to the Gaza Health Ministry and Palestinian medics.Footage obtained by CNN showed swathes of the camp in Rafah in flames, with scores of men, women and children frantically trying to find cover from the nighttime assault. Burned bodies, including those of children, could be seen being pulled by rescuers from the wreckage.Israel’s escalating assault in...
May 29, 2024

US-made munitions used in deadly strike on Rafah tent camp

Norway's Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide addresses a media conference prior to talks on the Middle East in Brussels, Monday, May 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
Norway declares 'milestone' as it formally recognizes Palestinian state
OSLO — Norway's foreign minister said Tuesday marks “a milestone in the relationship between Norway and Palestine,” as the country officially recognizes a Palestinian state.“For more than 30 years, Norway has been one of the strongest advocates for a Palestinian state,” Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide said in a statement Tuesday, as the country's formal recognition came into effect. “I have confidence that the Palestinian government will continue the difficult job of reform and lay the foundations for governing both the West Bank and Gaza after a ceasefire.”“It is regrettable that the Israeli government shows no signs of engaging constructively," the Norwegian foreign minister said.“The international community must increase its political and...
May 28, 2024

Norway declares 'milestone' as it formally recognizes Palestinian state

European Council President Charles Michel
EU Council chief Charles Michel supports the recognition of Palestinian statehood
BRUSSELS — European Council President Charles Michel is “in favor of the recognition of Palestine” and calls for a coordinated approach among EU and third countries to bring about concrete progress on the matter, he told Euronews in an exclusive interview.Michel's comments on Monday to EU Senior Correspondent Maïa De La Baume came on the eve of Spain, Ireland and Norway formally recognizing a state of Palestine, seven months after the Gaza war broke out.Asked whether other countries should recognize the Middle Eastern state, Michel said that the move should be used “as leverage to make some progress”."I am in favor of the two-state solution and of the recognition of a Palestinian state. But this state has to be viable. And it is why I think that the best would be a...
May 28, 2024

EU Council chief Charles Michel supports the recognition of Palestinian statehood

Fire rages at an area designated for displaced Palestinians in the Rafah area on Sunday
Death toll from Rafah strike rises to 45, over 200 wounded
GAZA — The death toll from Israel's airstrike on a displacement camp in Rafah has risen to 45 while 200 were wounded, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza.Videos from the scene in the Tal al-Sultan area on Sunday night showed a large explosion and intense fires burning.The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it had killed two senior Hamas officials and that it was reviewing reports that civilians were harmed.Hours earlier, Hamas had fired eight rockets from Rafah toward Tel Aviv -- the first long-range attacks on the central Israeli city since January.The incidents came two days after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered Israel to immediately halt its military offensive in Rafah, where hundreds of thousands of people are still believed to be sheltering.The...
May 27, 2024

Death toll from Rafah strike rises to 45, over 200 wounded

Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority Mohammed Mustafa, left, and Norway's Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide speak to the media in Brussels, May 26, 2024
Palestinian Authority preparing to govern Gaza, says PM
BRUSSELS — Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa says his government is preparing to eventually govern all of the Palestinian territories, including Gaza.He's also calling on more European countries to join Ireland, Spain and Norway in recognizing the state of Palestine as the first step towards lasting peace in the region."We need to work quickly to help our people in Gaza" and "prepare for the day that we will be in power in Gaza", he told journalists in a press conference with Spain's Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares.We want to "build the institutions of a state", he said, adding "We need to make sure we have a clear plan for governing Gaza and the day after."He says further recognition of the state of Palestine was...
May 27, 2024

Palestinian Authority preparing to govern Gaza, says PM

Fire rages at an area designated for displaced Palestinians in the Rafah area on Sunday
Israeli strike hits Rafah area after rocket barrage
GAZA — The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza has said dozens of people were killed or injured in a blast at a refugee camp in the Rafah area.The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it had carried out an air strike targeting a Hamas compound in the area. It says it is reviewing the incident.Earlier in the day Hamas fired eight rockets from Rafah toward Tel Aviv, the first long-range attacks on the city since January.Videos from the southern Gaza Strip show a large explosion and intense fires burning.Hamas said an Israeli air strike had hit a camp for displaced Palestinians north-west of Rafah, away from recent military operations in a designated humanitarian safe zone.It says women and children are among the dead.The IDF said it had targeted Hamas militants in the area and said it was aware...
May 27, 2024

Israeli strike hits Rafah area after rocket barrage

Two demonstrators wave the Palestinian flag outside the Peace Palace, rear, housing the International Court of Justice, or World Court, in The Hague, May 2024
UN top court orders Israel to halt Rafah offensive
THE HAGUE — Judges at the top United Nations court have called on Israel to halt its intended military offensive in the city of Rafah in a session in the Hague on Friday.The International Court of Justice President Nawaf Salam, who led the court's hearing, quoted UN officials who repeatedly underscored the humanitarian risks of the military offensive in Rafah, where some 800,000 Palestinians are displaced.He called on Israel to "halt its military offensive in Rafah", citing that the Palestinian people were at an "immediate risk".Salam said that provisional measures that had previously been ordered by the court in March did not fully address the situation in Gaza now. He maintained that this emergency order was necessary due to the "disastrous"...
May 24, 2024

UN top court orders Israel to halt Rafah offensive

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