Rafah
Southern Gaza Strip, Palestine
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Rafah is a Palestinian city in the southern Gaza Strip. It is the capital of the Rafah Governorate of the State of Palestine, located 30km (19 miles) south-west of Gaza City. In 2017, Rafah had a population of 171,889. As a result of massive bombardment and ground assaults in Gaza City and Khan Younis by Israel during the Israeli invasion of Gaza, about 1.4 million people are believed to be sheltering in Rafah as of February 2024.[1]
Rafah is the site of the Rafah Border Crossing, the sole crossing point between Egypt and the Gaza Strip. Gaza's only airport, Yasser Arafat International Airport, was located just south of the city. The airport operated from 1998 to 2001, until it was bombed and bulldozed by the IDF.[2]
On 24 May 2024, the International Court of Justice issued Summary Judgment 2024/6 which, inter alia, stated:
- "Israel must immediately halt its military offensive, and any other action in the Rafah Governorate, which may inflict on the Palestinian group in Gaza conditions of life that could bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part."[3]
References
- ↑ "What’s happening in Gaza’s Rafah as Israel threatens to attack?"
- ↑ "ICAO strongly condemns the destruction of the Gaza International Airport and its air navigation facilities"
- ↑ "Application of the Genocide Convention in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel) – Request for the modification of the Order of 28 March 2024"
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