Israeli leaders have approved a military operation into the Gaza Strip city of Rafah, and Israeli forces are now striking targets in the area, officials announced Monday. The move came hours after ...

Editor's Note: This page is a summary of news about the Israel-Hamas war for Monday, May 6. For the latest news on the conflict in the Mideast, view our live updates file for Tuesday, May, 7.

Hamas said Monday that it had accepted a Gaza cease-fire proposal from Egypt and Qatar, but Israel reacted coolly to the announcement and said its planned assault on the southern city of Rafah ...

In a statement, the Israeli army says its forces in central Rafah have uncovered Hamas rocket launchers and tunnels and dismantled weapons storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

For months Israel has been preparing for an offensive in Gaza's southernmost city – the makeshift home of more than a million ...

The UN’s secretary-general has warned that Israel’s impending ground invasion of Rafah would be “intolerable”. Israel’s war cabinet on Monday night voted unanimously to go ahead with the ...

The exodus of Palestinians from Gaza’s last refuge accelerated on May 12 as Israeli forces pushed deeper into the southern city of Rafah. Israel also pounded the territory’s devastated north ...

Some 1.5 million evacuees are taking refuge in Rafah in the southernmost portion of the Palestinian autonomous territory of Gaza. The Israeli military has begun invading eastern Rafah under the ...

Hamtramck city council voted to approve a resolution that requires the city to make efforts to divest from Israel attacks.