Israeli forces seize Rafah border crossing, choking off vital aid

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RAFAH, Gaza Strip/CAIRO: Israeli forces seized the main border crossing between Egypt and southern Gaza on Tuesday (May 7), shutting down a vital aid route into the Palestinian enclave that is already on the brink of famine.

Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike on a house in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip on May 7, 2024. The Palestinian militant group Hamas accused Israel of trying to undermine efforts to secure a ceasefire in the seven-month-long war that has laid waste to Gaza and left hundreds of thousands of its people homeless and hungry.

"I am now seriously thinking of heading north, maybe to the central Gaza area. If they move further into Rafah it will be the mother of massacres," he told Reuters via a chat app.Al Jazeera to pursue legal action 'until the end' over Israel ban "Today my name was at the border, and I should travel to get my legs treated," she said, holding a toy in her hospital bed."They hurt. I am supposed to have an operation. Because the border crossing is shut today, I could not travel."

Families have been crammed into tented camps and makeshift shelters, suffering from shortages of food, water, medicine and other essentials. The war began when Hamas militants attacked Israel on Oct 7, killing about 1,200 people and abducting about 250 others, of whom 133 are believed to remain in captivity in Gaza, according to Israeli tallies.UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed to Israel and Hamas to spare no effort to get a truce deal and urged Israel to reopen the border crossings immediately, saying Gaza risks running out of fuel on Tuesday evening.

 

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