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Nimer Saddy al-Nimer, 12, was shot five times by Israel's military on April 1 while gathering food from aid dropped by parachute that landed in Beit Hanoun, in northern Gaza. Israeli soldiers took the boy into Israel for surgery, and, according to Nimer, placed him in a prison for four days while he recovered. He is now in a refugee camp in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip.

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Shot by Israeli troops while getting aid, a boy in Gaza fights for his life

4:59pm April 24, 2024

UNICEF says one child is injured or killed in Gaza every 10 minutes. This is the story of a 12-year-old boy shot by Israeli forces while he was trying to get food aid.

A young boy looks out from a car as members of a Palestinian family leave Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip with personal belongings on March 31.

Biden met with a small group of Muslims yesterday. This doctor walked out

11:08pm April 03, 2024

by Asma Khalid

The relationship between the White House and Arab Americans and Muslims is fraught because of President Biden's support for Israel's war in Gaza,

President Biden sits with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the start of the Israeli war cabinet meeting, in Tel Aviv on Oct. 18, 2023.

Biden speaks with Netanyahu as tensions rise over the war in Gaza

5:41pm March 18, 2024

by Franco Ordoñez

National security adviser Jake Sullivan described a "business-like" meeting between two leaders with different perspectives about the proposed military operation for the city of Rafah in Gaza.

Israel's war on Gaza has caused a large increase in population density in Rafah, as shown in these comparison graphics. Pre-war, there were 17 people per acre. Now, there are an estimated 63-88 people per acre.

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War has forced half of Gaza into Rafah. Palestinians there are at a breaking point

5:01am March 15, 2024

Five months into the war, about half of Gaza's population has been squeezed into Rafah. The governorate was crowded before the war, but mass displacement has made it the site of a spiraling crisis.

Emmalene Blake poses for a portrait in front of her mural showing Samia al-Atrash holding her niece Masa Khader, who was killed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza in October.

A grieving Palestinian, an Irish artist and the mural that brought them together

5:00am February 21, 2024

Artist Emmalene Blake's mural on the wall of a Dublin pub became an iconic image of Gaza's grief. Then one day, she got an Instagram message from the Palestinian woman in the image.

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Palestinians are shown fleeing the Israeli offensive on Khan Younis arrive at Rafah, Gaza Strip. Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024.

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Israeli forces enter main hospital in southern Gaza after prolonged standoff

2:28pm February 15, 2024

by The Associated Press

The raid came a day after the army sought to evacuate thousands of displaced people who had taken shelter at the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis.

A displaced Palestinian woman hangs laundry to dry outside a tent at a makeshift camp on the Egyptian border, west of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Jan. 14.

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Rafah was supposed to offer refuge. Now, the city waits for a possible Israeli attack

6:19pm February 14, 2024

Roughly 1.4 million Palestinians sheltering in Rafah are bracing for a potential Israeli assault, but hoping for a diplomatic breakthrough as negotiators work to secure a cease-fire.

President Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to proceed with his planned operation in Rafah unless there's a plan to evacuate more than 1 million civilians there.

Biden tells Netanyahu to 'not proceed' in Rafah without plan to protect civilians

10:10pm February 11, 2024

by Tamara Keith

This is the first time Biden has publicly cautioned Israel against its planned operation in Rafah.

An Egyptian ambulance prepares to enter the Gaza Strip on Nov. 15 through the Rafah crossing, to transport critically wounded Palestinians for treatment to Egypt.

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Egypt's Rafah border with Gaza is key for aid coming in and people leaving for safety

2:12pm November 22, 2023

by Aya Batrawy

As aid trucks slowly make their way into Gaza, another gate at Rafah is for people departing the besieged territory — the only exit for those permitted to leave, including the critically wounded.

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Thurs., Nov. 9: Palestinians families fleeing Gaza City and other parts of northern Gaza towards the southern areas, walk along a highway.

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Photos: As Israel-Hamas war continues, suffering and despair grow

1:56pm November 12, 2023

Five weeks into the conflict, we take a look at what happened in the region this past week.