Middle East

Amid the destruction, a marketplace of survival has arisen focused on the basics: food, shelter and money.

Israel said Friday that it was facilitating the flow of aid and that its operations in Rafah, which have caused 630,000 people to flee, were ‘limited and localized.’

During a hearing at the International Court of Justice, lawyers representing Israel were called “liars” by a person in the audience while defending the military operation in Rafah.

Lawyers for Israel argued that the International Court of Justice should not grant a South African request to order an immediate halt to the ground assault in Rafah.

FIFA said it would solicit legal advice before taking up a motion from the Palestinian Football Association to suspend Israel over its actions in Gaza and the West Bank.

President Biden is pushing for a broad deal that would get Israel to approve a Palestinian nation in return for Saudi recognition of Israel. But officials need to overcome Israeli opposition.

The character known as Handala, created by Naji Al-Ali in 1969, is making an imprint on art and as a protest symbol.

Any use of U.N. forces would have to be approved by the Security Council. “There first has to be peace to keep," said a U.N. spokesman.

Fighting in Rafah has closed off a vital border crossing in southern Gaza, forced hundreds of thousands to flee and cut off humanitarian aid.

A temporary floating pier was set up by the U.S. military to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza. Israel’s offensive in Rafah has stopped nearly all aid from entering through two main land border crossings.