Hundreds of students protesting the war in Gaza have marched through Oxford to deliver a list of demands. Protest camps, described as “liberated zones”, have been set up near Oxford University campuses. On Wednesday, protesters hung a list of demands up at the gates of the Sheldonian Theatre for the vice chancellor. The university has…

Even without a full-scale Israeli ground invasion, Rafah’s medical facilities have been overwhelmed. Medics say more than a million people sheltering in the southern Gaza city are at risk of being deprived of healthcare after the Israeli military began a “limited” operation against Hamas on its eastern outskirts on Monday. The largest of the city’s…

The US says Israel may have used American-supplied weapons in breach of international humanitarian law in some instances during the war in Gaza. It is “reasonable to assess” that those arms have been used in ways “inconsistent” with Israel’s obligations, says the state department. But it added that the US did not have complete information…

Many Palestinians are fleeing eastern parts of Rafah, after the Israeli military ordered their evacuation before starting an operation in the southern Gaza city. On Monday the military told the tens of thousands of people affected to begin heading towards an “expanded humanitarian area” to the north, where it said they would find field hospitals,…

The Israeli military says its troops have taken “operational control” of the Palestinian side of the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt. Rafah has been a key entry point for aid and the only exit for people able to flee since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas in October. A tank…

After months of stalemate, the search for peace in Gaza has reached a critical stage. UN chief Antonio Guterres says it is a “decisive moment for the Palestinian and Israeli people and for the fate of the entire region”. There seems to be common ground between most sides about the principles: a ceasefire should take…

President Joe Biden has warned Israel that the US will stop supplying some weapons if it launches a major ground operation in the Gaza city of Rafah. “If they go into Rafah, I’m not supplying the weapons that have been used historically to deal with Rafah,” he said during an interview with CNN. He added…

Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed Israel can “stand alone”, after the US warned arms shipments could be stopped if he orders a full-scale invasion of Rafah in Gaza. Thousands of people have already fled the southern city after the Israeli military began what it called a “limited” operation on Monday. US President Joe Biden has repeatedly…

Israel has issued evacuation orders for further neighborhoods in the southern Gazan city of Rafah, as it appears set to expand its operations there despite international concern. The Israel Defense Forces’ Arabic-language spokesman, Avichay Adraee, told people in further parts of eastern Rafah to evacuate north to the Mawasi area early Saturday, despite warnings from…