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Trucks carrying humanitarian aids line up to enter the Egyptian gate of the Rafah crossing, heading for inspection by Israeli authorities before entering the Gaza Strip, in Rafah, Egypt, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohamed Arafat)

Gaza’s crucial Rafah crossing prepares for limited travel to resume Monday

By Samy Magdy - Associated Press

Families of hostages protest, demanding the release from Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip, at the plaza known as the hostages square in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Tribes rise, tunnels fall: Who is shaping Gaza’s next phase?

By Waseem Abu Mahadi and Jacob Wirtschafter - Special to The Washington Times

Israeli army vehicles transport a group of soldiers and journalists inside the southern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, July 3, 2024. The Israeli military invited reporters for a tour of Rafah, where the military has been operating since May 6. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, Pool)

Rafah is a dusty, rubble-strewn ghost town 2 months after Israel invaded to root out Hamas

By Ohad Zwigenberg - Associated Press

Palestinians displaced by the Israeli air and ground offensive on the Gaza Strip flee from parts of Khan Younis following an evacuation order by the Israeli army to leave the eastern part of Gaza Strip's second largest city on Monday, July 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Saher Alghorra)

Strike kills family as Israeli evacuation order sparks panicked flight from southern Gaza city

By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy and Lee Keath - Associated Press

FILE - Trucks, carrying humanitarian supplies for the Gaza Strip, wait in line on the Egyptian side, at the Kerem Shalom Crossing border as seen from southern Israel, on April 25, 2024. An influx of aid appears to have eased a hunger crisis in northern Gaza for now, but the entire territory remains at “high risk” of famine after Israel's offensive in Rafah caused massive displacement and the disruption of aid operations in the south, a draft report said Monday. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

Experts say Gaza is at ‘high risk’ of famine despite increased aid to the north

By Sam Mednick and Mohammad Jahjouh - Associated Press

Children attend an activity at a makeshift class in Deir al Balah, on Sunday, April 21, 2024. Since the war erupted Oct 7, all schools in Gaza have closed, and nearly 90% of school buildings are damaged or destroyed, according to aid groups. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareen Hana)

For the children of Gaza, war means no school — and no indication when formal learning might return

By Wafaa Shurafa and Sam Mednick - Associated Press

A Palestinian woman mourns her child, Mahmoud Essa, 12, who was killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, at Al Aqsa Hospital in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, early Sunday, May 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Saher Alghorra)

As Israel pushes deeper into Rafah, Hamas regroups elsewhere in ungoverned Gaza

By Wafaa Shurafa and Joseph Krauss and Samy Magdy - Associated Press

Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks during at a Memorandum of Understanding Signing Ceremony with Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares on Friday, May 10, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Blinken delivers some of the strongest U.S. public criticism of Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza

By Josh Boak - Associated Press

Palestinians mourn their relatives killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, at a hospital in Rafah, Gaza, Friday, May 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Ismael Abu Dayyah)

Heavy fighting in Gaza’s Rafah keeps aid crossings closed, sends 100,000 civilians fleeing

By Wafaa Shurafa and Joseph Krauss - Associated Press

People block a road as they try to stop the trucks, carrying humanitarian aid, to enter in the Gaza Strip in an area near the Kerem Shalom border crossing between Israel and Gaza, in southern Israel, in Kerem Shalom, Thursday, May 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

White House insists Israel is getting ‘everything they need’ after Biden halts arms shipment

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

A crane loads food aid for Gaza onto the container ship Sagamore docked at Larnaca port, Cyprus, Wednesday, May 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)

Netanyahu on U.S. threat to withhold arms: Israel will fight with its ‘fingernails’ if needed

By Joseph Krauss and Josef Federman - Associated Press

President Joe Biden speaks before signing a $95 billion Ukraine aid package that also includes support for Israel, Taiwan, and other allies, in the State Dining Room of the White House, April 24, 2024, in Washington. The Biden administration is due to deliver a first-of-its-kind formal verdict on whether Israel's conduct of its war in Gaza complies with international and U.S. laws. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

Biden threatens to withhold arms to Israel if they launch major Rafah invasion

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Palestinians hold leaflets dropped by Israeli planes calling on them to evacuate ahead of an Israeli military operation in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Monday, May 6, 2024. The order affects tens of thousands of people and could signal a broader invasion of Rafah, which Israel has identified as Hamas' last major stronghold after seven months of war. (AP Photo/Ismael Abu Dayyah)

Israeli army tells Palestinians to evacuate parts of Gaza’s Rafah ahead of an expected assault

By Sam Mednick, Josef Federman and Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

Mourners pray over the bodies of Palestinians who were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Nuseirat, at the Al Aqsa hospital in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, Saturday, April 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Biden, Netanyahu confer as pressure mounts to lock down Gaza cease-fire deal

By Tia Goldenberg and Jon Gambrell and Samy Magdy - Associated Press

People protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government and call for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip by the Hamas militant group in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, April 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

A top Qatari official urges Israel and Hamas to do more to reach a cease-fire deal

By Tia Goldenberg and Jon Gambrell and Samy Magdy - Associated Press

A Palestinian baby girl, Sabreen Jouda, who was delivered prematurely after her mother was killed in an Israeli strike along with her husband and daughter, lies in an incubator in the Emirati hospital in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip. Sunday, April 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Mohammad Jahjouh)

Premature baby girl rescued from her dead mother’s womb dies in Gaza after 5 days in an incubator

By Mohammad Jahjouh and Bassem Mroue - Associated Press

Palestinians spend the day on the beach along the Mediterranean Sea during a heatwave in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, Thursday, April 25, 2024. Over 80% of Gaza's population has been displaced by the ongoing war with Israel, and many have relocated to the area. Temperatures hovered near 37 degrees Celsius (100 degrees Fahrenheit). (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Egypt sends delegation to Israel, its latest effort to broker a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas

By Samy Magdy, Bassem Mroue and David Rising - Associated Press

A Palestinian baby girl, Sabreen Jouda, who was delivered prematurely after her mother was killed in an Israeli strike along with her husband and daughter, lies in an incubator in the Emirati hospital in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip. Sunday, April 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Mohammad Jahjouh)

A Palestinian baby in Gaza is born an orphan in an urgent cesarean section after an Israeli strike

By Mohammad Jahjouh - Associated Press

An aircraft airdrops humanitarian aid over the northern Gaza Strip, as seen from central Gaza, Monday, March 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)

Israel and Hamas dig in as international pressure builds for a cease-fire in Gaza

By Wafaa Shurafa and Jack Jeffery - Associated Press

Palestinians wounded in the Israeli bombardment are brought to a hospital in Rafah, Gaza Strip. Sunday, March 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali)

Palestinians describe bodies and ambulances crushed in Israel’s ongoing raid at Gaza’s main hospital

By Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy - Associated Press