War has forced half of Gaza into Rafah. In all, roughly half of Gaza's prewar population of 2.3 million people has been pushed into Rafah. Enlarge this image toggle caption Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty Images Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty Images All this means diseases and infections are spreading, with little in the way of medical infrastructure to treat those in …
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday publicly shrugged off the strongest U.S. call yet to wind down fighting with Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip, but there were growing indications he would accede to international pressure for a cease-fire. Israeli soldiers fire a 155-millimeter self-propelled howitzer toward the Gaza Strip from their position near the southern Israeli city of …
