INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
ground war earlier this month
sprawl of squalid tent camps along the coast
The orders came during Eid al-Fitr, a normally festive Muslim holiday marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan.Last May, Israel
launched a major operation in Rafah, on the border with Egypt, leaving large parts in ruins
that was not controlled by Israel.Israel was supposed to withdraw from the corridor under the ceasefire it signed with Hamas in January
under United States pressure, but it later refused to do it, citing the need to prevent weapons smuggling.Medics killed by Israeli fire are
buriedDozens gathered at a funeral for some of the 15 emergency responders killed by Israeli fire during a ground operation in Rafah last
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies called it the deadliest attack on its medics in several years.Raed
operating in clearly labeled ambulances
vehicles that raised suspicions by advancing without headlights or emergency signals
The military said a Hamas operative and eight other militants were among those killed.The United Nations humanitarian office said the dead
worker.Rescuers were only allowed to access the area nearly a week later to recover the bodies
showed Civil Defense workers digging into a mound of sand and pulling out a body wearing the same orange vest as theirs.Netanyahu vows to
24 of them believed to be alive
Israel has also demanded that Hamas disarm and leave the territory, conditions that were not included in the ceasefire agreement and which
Hamas has rejected.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel would take charge of security in Gaza after the war and
Human rights experts say it would likely violate international law.Hamas has insisted on implementing the signed agreement, which called for
the remainder of the hostages to be released in exchange for a lasting ceasefire and an Israeli pullout
Negotiations over those parts of the agreement were supposed to begin in February but only preliminary talks have been held.The war began
when Hamas-led militants stormed into Israel on Oct
7, 2023, rampaging through army bases and farming communities and killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians
