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Gaza Strip, with witnesses reporting air raids around the southern city of Rafah, the latest focus of the nearly eight-month war. Israel launched its military incursion into Rafah in early May despite international objections over the safety of civilians sheltering in the city on Gaza's border with Egypt. A strike that sparked a fire and killed dozens in a displacement camp at the weekend drew a wave of fresh condemnation.

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies asked state forces and combatants Thursday to respect its neutrality and work of delivering urgent humanitarian help to the most destitute in war and other high-risk zones, saying 24 of its aid workers had been killed so far this year mostly in the Gaza Strip. IFRC President Kate Forbes, who is visiting the Philippines, said in a statement posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, that two more of her group's aid workers, Palestine Red Crescent Society paramedics Haitham Tubasi and Suhail Hassouna, were killed Wednesday when their ambulance was hit west of Rafah, Gaza's southernmost city.

loss of civilian lives in the displacement camp in Rafah is a matter of deep concern. We have consistently called for the protection of the civilian population and respect for international humanitarian law in the ongoing conflict."India also recognised the Israeli statement on the Rafah airstrikes and said, “We also note that the Israeli side has already accepted responsibility for it as a tragic accident and announced an investigation into the incident."At least 45 persons, mostly women and children, sheltering in tents were killed in Israeli airstrikes, triggerring massive global outrage.Also Read | With ‘All eyes on Rafah’, where are millions of Palestinians fleeing amid Israeli strikes?On Spain, Ireland and Norway recognising Palestine in the midst of the conflict, the MEA spokesperson said India had done that way back in the 1980s."India recognised Palestine way back in the 1980s.

Chinese President Xi Jinping is calling for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state and promising more humanitarian aid for people in Gaza

Dua Lipa has denounced Israel's offensive in Gaza as a "genocide", after a new pro-Palestinian protest took place in London that saw dozens of people arrested. «Burning children alive can never be justified. The whole world is mobilising to stop the Israeli genocide», the singer wrote on an Instagram story late Tuesday with the hashtag "#AllEyesOnRafah", which has been trending on social media. Israel's military operations in Gaza, concentrated now on Rafah, provoked a renewed backlash after Gaza officials said an Israeli strike this weekend set ablaze a crowded refugee camp, killing 45.

Rafah" has been shared by more than 44 million Instagram accounts since Monday after a deadly Israeli strike at a camp for displaced Palestinians in the Gazan city. The image depicts densely packed rows of tents stretching endlessly across a desert landscape overshadowed by mountains, alluding to the hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who fled there during Israel's military campaign against Hamas. Chilean-US actor Pedro Pascal, top models Bella and Gigi Hadid, who are of Palestinian descent, and French football star Ousmane Dembele are among the celebrities to have shared it on Instagram.

war in Gaza might persist until the year's end, casting doubt on hopes that the fighting would cease after the military operation against Hamas in Rafah, CNN reported. Tzachi Hanegbi, Israel's national security adviser, indicated that 2024 had been designated a «year of combat» by Israel's war cabinet. «We are now in the fifth month of 2024, which means we expect another seven months of fighting to deepen our achievements and achieve our goal of destroying the military and governmental capabilities of Hamas and Islamic Jihad,» Hanegbi stated. These remarks come as Israeli tanks, spotted in central Rafah for the first time since the operation commenced, continued to advance on the southern Gaza city on Wednesday. This action persists despite mounting global pressure to halt the offensive, as reported by CNN.

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BARCELONA: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez met with Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa and leading officials from several Middle Eastern countries in Madrid on Wednesday after Spain, Ireland and Norway recognized a Palestinian state. The diplomatic move by the three western European nations on Tuesday was slammed by Israel and will have little immediate impact on its grinding war in Gaza, but it was a victory for the Palestinians and could encourage other Western powers to follow suit.

countered the "All eyes on Rafah" social media trends with the phrase "What your eyes fail to see". The Netanyahu-led country highlighted the Palestinian militant group Hamas taking Israeli men, women, and children as hostages and keeping them "in horrible conditions".The Israel Foreign Ministry reposted a tweet made by the Embassy of the State of Israel in India that read: "What your eyes fail to see is the cries of 125 Israeli men, women, children, and elderly currently held hostage by Hamas in horrible conditions deep in the tunnels of Gaza.""This is why the conflict began.

'All eyes on Rafah': Israel pounds southern Gaza city amid global outrage and ICJ ruling — All you need to knowIsrael has defended their operation by stating that their mission 'only' aims to destroy Hamas fighters. However, over thirty thousand Palestinians have lost their lives in the airstrikes, including thousands of children.Some of those Palestinians have managed to survive the months of airstrike and are making the eighth move, with what little is left of their belongings and life to survive.On Tuesday, the phrase, 'All eyes on Rafah', flooded social media as several people from across the world came out in support of Palestinians residing in the Rafah city located in war-torn Gaza.Rafah, a city near the Palestinian territory’s southern border with Egypt, has been under Israeli ground assault since early May.

image of refugee tents on a vast piece of land has become incredibly viral amid the Israel-Hamas War, which is currently at its peak. The image contains a bold text that reads, "All eyes on Rafah," which is currently the home for thousands of Palestinians who have been displaced from the Gaza Strip. Rafah, an area in the south of Gaza, bordering Egypt, was bombed by Israeli forces. This caused the loss of lives of at least 45 civilians, along with many injured, according to an 'NBC' report.

spread widely on social media on May 28 as Israel launched fresh attacks in Gaza. Despite global criticism and a court order to stop the alleged genocide, Israel continues to carry out airstrikes.

International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) called on Wednesday for a ceasefire and unimpeded humanitarian access to the Gaza Strip, where millions of people face worsening hunger. The war-torn enclave is suffering from a humanitarian catastrophe nearly seven months after Israel launched a devastating offensive in response to the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attacks that killed 1,200 people in Israel.

Rafah. Here are the top ten updates:1. As reported by AP, the inferno at the tent camp has sparked widespread international condemnation, with even some of Israel’s closest allies expressing outrage over the military’s expanded offensive into Rafah.

Immediately halt its military offensive and any other action in the Rafah Governorate, which may inflict on the Palestinian group in Gaza conditions of life that could bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part".The ICJ ruling against Israel on Friday brought the focus on Judge Dalveer Bhandari in India. So who is Dalveer Bhandari, the Indian Judge who voted in favor of the ruling against Israel.A former Supreme Court judge, Justice Bhandari has been a member of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) since 2012.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the lead-up to the early vote on June 28 has prompted a diverse array of hopefuls from various political factions to enter the fray.The registration for presidential candidates will start on Thursday.Iranian lawmakers on Tuesday reaffirmed their choice of former Revolutionary Guards commander Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf as the speaker of parliament. Qalibaf had been touted as a potential candidate in the presidential race by insiders and Iranian state media, AP reported.Also Read: Who was Ebrahim Raisi? Protégé of Iran's supreme leader Ali KhameneiUltraconservative Raisi, who had over a year remaining in his first term, passed away on May 19 in a helicopter crash, along with his foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and six others.

US support. Yet, this backing could run thin if America re-invests in the wisdom of a “decent respect for the opinions of mankind" in the context of how its overseas image is shaped by its Israel policy. It makes sense for all sides to grab an olive branch that puts an end to hostilities.

southern Gaza city of Rafah, newswire AFP reported.“The closed-door meeting was requested by Algeria, which is currently a non-permanent member of the council," AFP reported quoting diplomats.Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed the attack on Monday as a "tragic mistake." The incident occurred in Rafah, southern Gaza, triggering a fire at a camp where displaced Palestinians had sought shelter. Local officials, as reported by the Associated Press, said that the attack resulted in the deaths of at least 45 people.Also Read: 'Despite our utmost efforts...': Netanyahu calls Israeli strike in Rafah a 'tragic mistake' that killed 45 people“Despite our utmost efforts not to harm innocent civilians, last night there was a tragic mistake," Netanyahu said Monday in an address to Israel’s parliament.

Britannica report, the quintuplets had rose to fame at a young age, making three feature films for Twentieth Century-Fox, endorsing various products, from cod-liver oil, typewriters to automobiles while also drawing large crowds of tourists to northern Ontario.In 1964, the charter of the Palestine Liberation Organization was issued at the start of a meeting of the Palestine National Congress in Jerusalem, as reported by Associated Press.In 1918, American forces engaged in their first significant battle of World War I, launching an offensive against the German-occupied French village of Cantigny and successfully capturing it.On May 28, 1977, a fire broke out at the Beverly Hills Supper Club in Southgate, Kentucky in Ohio. About 165 people lost their lives while 200 were injured.

Gaza city of Rafah, officials said on Monday, prompting an outcry from global leaders who urged the implementation of a World Court ruling to halt Israel's assault. In scenes grimly familiar from a war in its eighth month, Palestinian families rushed to hospitals to prepare their dead for burial after the strike late on Sunday night set tents and rickety shelters ablaze.