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Strikes on Gaza's Rafah as Biden calls Israel actions excessive

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Israel launched new air strikes Friday on the city of Rafah in Gaza's far south, after US President Joe Biden said its response to Hamas's October 7

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  1. Al-Monitor

    Israel bombs Gaza's crowded Rafah city as battlefront nears (opens Al-Monitor)

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    Al-Monitor's feed description

    Israel's armed forces stepped up air strikes on Gaza's far-southern Rafah on Thursday as fears of ground fighting grew among the more than one million Palestinians crowded into the city.US Secretary of State Antony Blinken left Israel without securing a pause in fighting, wrapping up his fifth crisi…

  2. Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Live updates | Israel strikes southern Gaza as alarm grows over looming ground invasion of Rafah (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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    WOOD TV8's feed description

    Two women and five children were among at least 13 people killed as Israeli airstrikes pounded the city of Rafah on Gaza’s southern border, according to the hospital that received the corpses…

  3. Berkshire Eagle

    Live updates | Israel bombs southern Gaza as alarm grows over looming ground invasion of Rafah (opens Berkshire Eagle)

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    Berkshire Eagle's feed description

    Israeli airstrikes pounded the city of Rafah on Gaza’s southern border. The strikes overnight into Thursday came after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected Hamas’ cease-fire terms and said he would

  4. Berkshire Eagle

    Live updates | Deadly strikes across Gaza as Israel makes plans to evacuate civilians from Rafah (opens Berkshire Eagle)

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    Berkshire Eagle's feed description

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has ordered the military to draw up plans to evacuate civilians from the southern city of Rafah, ahead of an expected Israeli invasion

  5. Herald Bulletin

    Israeli bombs target Gaza's crowded Rafah as the US warns Israel against sending troops there (opens Herald Bulletin)

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    Herald Bulletin's feed description

    Israel has bombed targets in Rafah, after U.S. officials warned Israel against expanding its Gaza ground offensive to the southern city where more than half of the territory’s 2.3 million

  6. KRON4

    Live updates | Israel conducts deadly Gaza strikes after Biden calls approach to war ‘over the top’ (opens KRON4)

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    KRON4's feed description

    Israeli airstrikes struck the central Gaza Strip and the southern city of Rafah on the border with Egypt overnight into Friday, causing nearly two dozen fatalities including women and children, witnesses and hospital officials said. The overnight airstrikes came hours after U.S.

  7. New York Post

    Israel launches new air strikes in Gaza after Biden criticism (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    Israeli forces carried out deadly air strikes on Gaza on Friday, hours after US President Joe Biden described the military response to the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by the Palestinian territory's ruling Hamas movement as "over the top".

  8. France 24

    Strikes on Gaza's Rafah as US warns of potential 'disaster' (opens France 24)

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    France 24's feed description

    Israel conducted fresh strikes on southern Gaza's overcrowded border town of Rafah on Friday, where more than a million displaced Palestinians have sought shelter, with key backer the United States warning…

  9. Digital Journal

    Strikes on Gaza's Rafah as Biden calls Israel actions excessive (opens Digital Journal)

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    Digital Journal's feed description

    Israel launched new air strikes Friday on the city of Rafah in Gaza's far south, after US President Joe Biden said its response to Hamas's October 7

  10. Herald Bulletin

    Live updates | Israeli strikes kill 13 as concerns grow about looming operation in Rafah (opens Herald Bulletin)

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    Herald Bulletin's feed description

    Israeli airstrikes pounded the city of Rafah on Gaza’s southern border. The strikes overnight into Thursday came after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected Hamas’ cease-fire terms and said he would

  11. Voice of America

    Israel Airstrikes Hit Gaza Bordertown of Rafah (opens Voice of America)

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    Voice of America's feed description

    White House warns Israel against military operation in Rafah without plans to protect displaced Palestinian civilians

  12. Latin Times

    Strikes On Gaza (opens Latin Times)

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    Latin Times's feed description

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he has ordered troops to "prepare to operate" in Rafah, the last major town in the Gaza Strip Israeli ground troops have yet to enter.

  13. Al Jazeera

    Israel ramps up deadly attacks on Gaza’s Rafah despite US, UN warnings (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    US tells Israel it won’t support ‘unplanned’ Rafah offensive as President Biden calls Gaza attacks ‘over the top’.

  14. WMUR

    Israel has bombed targets in Rafah, after U.S. officials warned Israel against expanding its Gaza ground offensive to the southern city where more than half of the territory's 2.3 million people have sought refuge (opens WMUR)

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    WMUR's feed description

    Israel bombed targets in overcrowded Rafah early Friday, hours after Biden administration officials warned Israel against expanding its Gaza ground offensive to the southern city where more than half of the territory's 2.3 million people have sought refuge.

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