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Pentagon Still Wary of Israel’s Plans – Will Israel Invade Rafah?
By Palestine Chronicle Staff “According to the plan, the operation will move forward in stages, based on a regional division of the Gazan city into defined areas.” The Pentagon has said that while it […]
Rafah Massacre – Rising Casualties and Miraculous Fetal Rescue
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Doctors were reportedly able to save the fetus through a cesarean section performed on the woman, who was severely injured. Israeli occupation forces carried out airstrikes on multiple homes in […]
Israel Will Attack Rafah, but Will Still Lose the War – ANALYSIS
By Palestine Chronicle Editors If Rafah was important, in fact the most important, in Israel’s military calculations, it would have been the first, not the last target of the Israeli war. But Rafah is important, not […]
‘Postponed’ – Netanyahu to Stall Planned Rafah Invasion
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The news comes a week after Netanyahu announced that there “is a date” for a ground invasion of Rafah. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has decided to postpone the planned […]
‘There is a date’ – Netanyahu Vows to Press Ahead with Rafah Invasion
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Itamar Ben-Gvir on Monday threatened to overthrow the government if Netanyahu ends the war on Gaza without attacking Rafah. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said a date has been […]
The Eid is Coming – Free Haircuts for Gaza’s Children (PHOTOS & VIDEO)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff – Gaza Extreme poverty in the camps made it difficult for most customers to afford even haircuts. These barbers from Gaza are trapped in a Rafah displacement camp, along with thousands […]
‘Solution Needed’ – Displaced in Rafah Face Uncollected Garbage and Health Risks
“The children here lack access to healthcare and are not safe in this unhygienic environment.” Displaced Palestinians seeking refuge in the southern Gaza town of Rafah find themselves living amid piles of uncollected trash as […]
Al-Ashqar Family Teaches Solidarity in Rafah – PHOTOS & VIDEO
By Mahmoud Ajjour – Gaza With time, the family adapted to life in the camp, and began to contribute to helping the children of the area cope with the untold suffering there. Many members of […]
Still No ‘Operational Plans’ for Israel’s Invasion of Rafah – Report
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Roughly 1.5 million Palestinians are sheltering in Rafah, many of whom were displaced from other areas destroyed by Israel in its ongoing military assault on the besieged enclave. A US […]
Vision of ‘Total Victory’ – How Rafah Became Netanyahu’s Last Fig Leaf
By Jamal Kanj The US Administration as well as Israeli military leaders believe that Netanyahu’s assertion of “total victory” by invading Rafah is a hogwash. Rafah is not a military base, nor does it have […]
‘Netanyahu is Lying about Rafah’ – Israeli Major General
By Palestine Chronicle Staff “A large operation in Rafah was (only) possible in the first weeks of the war, but we did not fight and the opportunity is no longer available”. The former head […]
‘Moral Outrage’ – UN Chief Guterres Visits Rafah Border as Israel Vows to Attack
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Guterres’ visit comes as Israel faces global pressure to allow more humanitarian aid into the besieged Gaza Strip. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Saturday that the long line of […]
‘We’re Not Going to Lay Out Terms’ – White House on Israel’s Planned Rafah Invasion
By Palestine Chronicle Staff “We’re not going to lay out terms. It’s a sovereign country. And they have their own military, and they have their own operations to conduct”. Despite repeatedly urging Israel not […]
‘Valuable Waterfront Property’ – Kushner Calls for Ethnic Cleansing of Gaza
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Jared Kushner deems Gaza’s waterfront property as ‘valuable’ and advocates moving Palestinians into the Negev desert. Jared Kushner, former US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, has come under fire for comments […]
‘Disaster Upon Disaster’ – MSF Secretary General on Rafah Invasion
By Palestine Chronicle Staff “Clearly any ground invasion into Rafah would be an absolute catastrophe, it doesn’t bear thinking about, it would be disaster upon disaster,” the MSF official has said. The secretary general […]
‘No International Pressure Will Stop Us’ – Netanyahu Vows to Press Ahead with Gaza War
By Palestine Chronicle Staff “We will operate in Rafah. This will take several weeks, and it will happen,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remains adamant about invading Rafah. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has […]
‘In the Name of Humanity’ – WHO Chief Warns Israel on Rafah Invasion
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The WHO Director-General has appealed ‘In the Name of Humanity’ and warned that ‘This human catastrophe must not be allowed to worsen.’ Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr […]
‘We Reject Forced Displacement of Palestinians’ – Egyptian President
“Egypt rejects the forced displacement of Palestinians to its lands and will not allow it,” the Egyptian leader said on the sidelines of an Egyptian-European summit in Cairo. Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi said on Sunday […]
Netanyahu Rejects Hamas Truce Proposal, Approves Rafah Invasion Plans
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Israel’s decision to proceed with a ground incursion into Rafah comes after repeated warnings from the international community. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected the latest truce and prisoner-exchange […]
‘Crush the Enemy’ – Israeli Ministers Slam Transfer of Gaza Orphans to West Bank
By Palestine Chronicle Staff “I demand clarification from the prime minister on who gave this immoral order and with what authority, while our hostages and their children are held captive by the enemy,” Smotrich […]
‘We Haven’t Seen Such a Plan’ – US Warns against Israel’s Invasion of Rafah
By Palestine Chronicle Staff The US has said it is “our judgment” that Israel “cannot, should not” go into Rafah without a humanitarian plan, a plan it is yet to see. Israel has not […]
‘The Bus of Our Neighborhood’ Arrives in Rafah – PHOTOS
By Mahmoud Ajjour – Gaza The ‘Bus of Our Neighborhood’ is a mobile theater of young Palestinian artists from southern Gaza who took it upon themselves to entertain refugee children displaced in various camps in […]
‘We Will Not Leave’ – Palestinians in Rafah Ask the World to Stop Israel’s Invasion
By Abdallah Aljamal – Gaza “Stop the killing, stop the occupation’s crimes, and restore our lives,” a displaced Palestinian in Rafah told The Palestine Chronicle. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israeli occupation forces […]
‘The Free Gaza Circus’ – Refugee Children in Rafah Find ‘Normalcy’ amid Genocide (PHOTOS & VIDEO)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff – Gaza Performing artists from the Free Gaza Circus group are busy entertaining refugee children at the Rafah displacement camps. The camps are located near the wall separating Gaza from Egypt […]
Six Civilians Killed – Israeli Attacks on Beleaguered Rafah Intensify
At least six Palestinian civilians were killed and others wounded last night in an Israeli airstrike targeting a house east of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, according to local sources, cited by WAFA. The […]
Hind Rayan between Netanyahu’s Metaphysical Power and Western’s Reality Disconnect
By Jamal Kanj Unlike a privileged Israeli child who may have lived in Hind’s parent’s original home, Hind, born to two displaced parents endured a life of destitution, and was ultimately murdered by an Israeli […]
Genocide Begets Genocide: Rafah Waits for the Hammer to Fall
By Jeremy Salt Disgracefully, shamefully, favoring the perpetrator, as Rafah awaits its turn for the hammer to fall, western governments continue to shut their eyes to all of this. In Palestine, the descendants of the […]
Heroic Operation or Made-Up Story? – How Israel Freed Two Captives in Gaza
By Palestine Chronicle Staff When two Israeli captives were freed on February 12, triumphant Netanyahu declared that his genocide in Gaza is paying dividends. But is Israel telling the truth? On February 12, the […]
Hamas’ Demands are ‘Delusional’ – Netanyahu Vows to Press Ahead with Rafah Invasion
By Palestine Chronicle Staff While Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu remains determined to invade Rafah, he claimed Hamas’ demands in the negotiations mean one thing only: The defeat of Israel. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu […]
EU’s Borrell Calls on Israel to Halt Military Invasion of Rafah
By Palestine Chronicle Staff EU Foreign Policy chief Josep Borrell reiterated on Saturday his call on Israel to halt a military invasion of the city of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. “The EU […]