The Latest Breaking News from Rafah

UN officials and Biden have said an offensive in city, where about 1.3 million Palestinians are sheltering, would lead to a ‘bloodbath’

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

Israeli PM brushes aside warnings that assault on Gaza’s southernmost town would be a ‘human catastrophe’

Israel is yet to say how it will protect the 1.4 million civilians crammed into the city from the planned assault.

Israeli prime minister says country ‘will do our best to get all those who are alive back,’ ahead of expected ground invasion of Rafah

The Foreign Secretary called for an immediate pause in the fighting.

The threat of an Israeli incursion into Gaza's southernmost town of Rafah persisted Sunday, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promising "safe passage" to civilians displaced there.

Read about the latest updates on the military operations in Gaza's city of Rafah, concerns from the UN, and the ongoing hostage situation.

Gaza's Hamas rulers warned on Saturday that Israel's planned army operation in overcrowded Rafah could cause "tens of thousands" of casualties in the city that has become the last refuge for displaced Palestinians.