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Israeli warplanes struck Gaza's crowded southern city of Rafah Thursday after US President Joe Biden vowed to stop supplying artillery shells and other weapons to Israel if a full-scale assault goes ahead.It was the starkest warning yet from the United States, Israel's main military provider, over the civilian impact of its war against Hamas.An AFP…

Displaced Gazan Marwan al-Masri, sheltering in Rafah, said on Wednesday "life has completely ceased" since Israeli tanks and troops entered the city's east, sending desperate Palestinians fleeing north in the besieged territory.More than 1.4 million people had crammed into Rafah, a city on the Gaza Strip's southern border with Egypt, as Israeli forces pushed their…

Updated May 09, 2024, 11:45 AM Published May 09, 2024, 11:30 AM A Ukrainian drone attack sparked a fire and damaged several storage tanks at a fuel depot in Russia's Krasnodar region, the region's crisis administration said on Thursday. About six drones were destroyed and debris fell on the refinery near the village of Yurovka,…

Oil tanks Crude oil inventories in the US fell lower than analyst estimates last week, while gasoline and distillate stocks rose. Crude oil inventories in the US declined by 1.4 million barrels in the week ended May 3, compared to estimates for 1 million barrels, data from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) showed. Meanwhile,…

Almost half of all septic tanks inspected last year failed, posing risks to human health and the environment.This is despite a more than doubling of the grant available to fix faulty systems.It has led to calls from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for increased enforcement, and prosecutions where warranted, to secure repairs and to protect…

A child looks on as smoke rises following Israeli airstrikes in southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah yesterday Alamy Stock Photo Gaza Despite international objections, Israel sent tanks into Rafah yesterday and seized the nearby crossing into Egypt. LAST UPDATE | 9 hrs ago ISRAEL HAS BOMBARDED Rafah today as the military said ground troops…

CAIRO (AP) — Israeli troops seized control of Gaza’s vital Rafah border crossing on Tuesday in what the White House described as a limited operation, as fears mount of a full-scale invasion of the southern city and talks with Hamas over a cease-fire and hostage release remain on a knife’s edge.The U.N. warned of a…

H. Armstrong Roberts/classicstock/Getty Images The battlefields of World War II saw the widespread use of tanks in every environment possible. Whether it was the open fields of France with the German Blitzkrieg, the deserts of North Africa with the British, or the push into Germany by the Americans, tanks became critical to battlefield success. It then…

U.S. halted shipment of weapons to Israel over concerns they would be used in RafahThe White House last week halted a large shipment of offensive weapons to Israel over concerns that they would be used in Rafah, a senior administration official told NBC News tonight. The official said the shipment included 1,800 2,000-pound bombs and 1,700…

Palestinians celebrate in the streets following Hamas's announcement that it accepted a cease-fire proposal in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip on Monday, May 6, 2024. Despite the Hamas announcement, Israel said later Monday it would move forward with its planned offensive on Rafah, in the south of the strip. Photo / APThe Israeli tanks that entered…