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Rafah Massacre (other)
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Rafah massacre may refer to: * 1956 Rafah massacre * 12 February 2024 Rafah strikes * Tel al-Sultan attack * Rafah paramedic massacre *Rafah aid distribution killings See also * Background of the Rafah offensive * Rafah offensive On 6 May 2024, Israel began a military offensive in and around the city of Rafah as part of Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip (2023–present), its invasion of the Gaza Strip during the Gaza war. In early May, as ceasefire negotiations stal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1956 Rafah Massacre
The Rafah massacre occurred on November 12, 1956, during Israel's occupation of the Sinai Peninsula and Gaza Protectorate following the Suez Crisis. The town of Rafah, lying on the Egypt–Gaza border, had been one of two invasion points during the initial incursion by the Israel Defense Forces into the Strip on November 1. As with the earlier Khan Yunis massacre, reporting of the circumstances and actions which resulted in the killing of 111 Palestinians in Rafah and the nearby refugee camp by the Israeli military are inconsistent and conflicting, with Israel neither denying nor acknowledging any wrongdoing, while admitting that a number of refugees were killed. Refugees, it is also claimed, continued to resist the occupying army. The Palestinian version maintains that all resistance had ceased when the killings took place. According to survivor testimonies, IDF soldiers rounded up male individuals over fifteen years of age throughout the Gaza Strip in an effort to root out ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
12 February 2024 Rafah Strikes
On 12 February 2024, Israel Defense Forces launched an assault on Rafah, a city in the Gaza Strip, killing over 83 people. The airstrikes destroyed at least one mosque and multiple inhabited homes, killing most or all of their occupants. Israeli government sources linked the airstrikes to its hostage rescue operation, Operation Golden Hand, describing the airstrikes as a diversion or "covering fire." Israel freed two hostages in that operation. The strikes came as Israel proposed a ground invasion of the city, which caused international concern. Casualties from the Israeli bombings began to reported by 2:30am and 20 were confirmed dead by 5:30am. The total number of deaths was estimated as at least 94 people according to the Palestinian Health Ministry and the Palestinian Red Crescent Society has estimated the death toll to be over 100. According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, which pulled information from Rafah hospitals the dead included at least 27 children ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tel Al-Sultan Attack
TEL or Tel may refer to: Businesses and organisations * Tokyo Electron, a semiconductor equipment manufacturer * TE Connectivity, a technology company, NYSE stock ticker TEL * The European Library, an Internet service Place names * Tel, Azerbaijan * Tel River, in Orissa, India Science and technology * Technology-Enhanced Learning * Tetraethyllead, a gasoline additive to make leaded gasoline * ETV6, previously known as TEL, a gene * Transporter erector launcher, a mobile missile launch platform * Tolman electronic parameter, a property of ligands * tel, a URI scheme for telephone numbers * .tel, an internet top-level domain * tel, a parameter in the hCard microformat Other uses * Tell (archaeology), or tel, a type of archaeological mound created by human occupation * Test of Economic Literacy, a standardized test of economics * Thomson–East Coast MRT line, a mass rapid transit line in Singapore * Telescopium, a minor constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere * Telu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafah Paramedic Massacre
On 23 March 2025, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) attacked several humanitarian vehicles, including five ambulances, a fire truck, and a United Nations vehicle, in Al-Hashashin area in southern Rafah, Gaza Strip. The massacre resulted in the deaths of at least 15 aid workers, including eight members of the Palestine Red Crescent Society, five civil defense, and one UN agency employee. It was not until 30 March that most of the missing bodies were retrieved from a mass grave in Rafah, although one ambulance officer who was initially declared missing was kept under Israeli custody. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) condemned the attacks, stating that they were the "single most deadly" for its workers in almost a decade. Background On 18 March 2025, Israel launched a surprise attack on the Gaza Strip, effectively ending the 2025 Gaza war ceasefire and resuming the Gaza war. Israel's missile and artillery attack killed more than 400 P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafah Aid Distribution Killings
Since 27 May 2025, hundreds of Palestinians have been killed and wounded by mostly Israeli gunfire as they approached a newly established aid distribution site in Rafah in the Gaza Strip, operated by the Israeli and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF). The incidents began taking place on the first day of the GHF's operations, following an 11-week Israeli blockade since early March 2025 that had severely restricted humanitarian aid to Gaza, exacerbating the Gaza humanitarian crisis. According to the Gaza Health Ministry, over 500 Palestinians have been killed while trying to reach aid distribution areas. The American nonprofit Center for Constitutional Rights considers it possible for the GHF to be legally liable for complicity in war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide against Palestinians. In late June 2025, ''Haaretz'' reported that Israel Defense Forces (IDF) troops had received orders to fire on the unarmed crowds to "keep them away from food distribu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Background Of The Rafah Offensive
Before the Rafah offensive, Israel conducted airstrikes and threatened to invade the city as part of its invasion of the Gaza Strip during the Gaza war which began with the Hamas-led attack on Israel on 7 October 2023. Intentions to invade were declared in February, meeting backlash from the international community because of the estimated 1.4 million refugees sheltering in the city. Timeline Airstrikes on Rafah started on 8 October 2023, and continued throughout the war. On 31 December, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Israel's intention to capture the Philadelphi Corridor, a buffer zone between Gaza and Egypt. On 27 January 2024, Israel notified Egypt that it was planning to take control of the corridor, which Egypt was strongly opposed to. On 29 January, ''The Jerusalem Post'' reported that an invasion of Rafah 'would take time'. On 30 January, Israeli intelligence chiefs met with Egyptian officials in Cairo to discuss an offensive in Rafah. February 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
