The United Nations says 7,500 metric tons of unexploded ordnance litter the Gaza Strip. The U.N. says it could take 14 years to dispose of these dangers.
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Israel expands evacuation orders in Rafah as aid groups struggle to prepare
Israel’s military issued new evacuation orders in Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah, forcing even more Palestinians to relocate on Saturday ahead of a likely expanded ground operation there.
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A timeline of events leading up to Israel’s Rafah offensive
The Gaza Strip’s Rafah border crossing with Egypt has been a key lifeline for people in the Palestinian enclave. Here is a timeline of events since Oct. 7, 2023, leading up to Israel’s offensive.
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Israeli forces seize the Gaza side of Rafah, as Hamas truce talks resume in Egypt
Israeli tanks rolled into Rafah Tuesday, taking control of the territory’s border crossing with Egypt, even as Israel sent a delegation to Cairo for Hamas truce talks.
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A baby girl born orphaned and premature after an Israeli airstrike in Gaza has died
The newborn died after five days in an incubator. Her family was killed in an air strike. UNICEF says 13,000 children have been killed in Gaza since Oct. 7, with thousands more orphaned and wounded.
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Shot by Israeli troops while getting aid, a boy in Gaza fights for his life
UNICEF says one child is injured or killed in Gaza every 10 minutes. This is the story of a 12-year-old boy shot by Israeli forces while he was trying to get food aid.
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Israel’s military dismisses officers over World Central Kitchen airstrike
An investigation by the Israeli military’s general staff concluded the airstrike, which killed seven aid workers, violated its standards and “should not have occurred.”
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These are the World Central Kitchen aid workers killed by Israeli airstrike in Gaza
Three of those killed by an Israeli airstrike were British and the others were Australian, Palestinian, Polish and a dual citizen of the U.S. and Canada.
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World Central Kitchen pauses Gaza aid, as Netanyahu acknowledges an ‘unintended hit’
The international food charity announced it was pausing aid operations after it said an Israeli airstrike killed seven of its workers in Gaza.
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21 years after her death in Gaza, Palestinians remember U.S. activist Rachel Corrie
The 23-year-old was crushed by an Israeli army bulldozer as she protested the demolition of homes in Gaza in 2003. Her memory remains cherished among Palestinians, including the family she lived with.
