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Israel plans offensive into the south of Gaza

Israel plans to tell 1.4 million Palestinians displaced in the southern city of Rafah to seek shelter in central Gaza ahead of a planned military offensive into the south.

By Associated Press

March 13, 2024

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Dutch volunteers Anja van der Stok, left, and Jannie Slim, right, pick lemons on a farm in southern Israel, as part of a post-Oct. 7 solidarity tour, Monday, March 4. Their trip is part of a wave of religious "voluntourism" to Israel, organized trips that include some kind of volunteering aspect connected to the ongoing war in Gaza. Israel's Tourism Ministry estimates around a third to half of the approximately 3,000 visitors expected to arrive each day in March are part of faith-based volunteer trips. Prior to Oct. 7, around 15,000 visitors were arriving in Israel per day, according to Tourism Ministry statistics.
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A Palestinian boy plays with fireworks as he celebrates the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan next to a destroyed residential building by the Israeli airstrikes in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Sunday, March 10.
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The ship belonging to the Open Arms aid group with aid on a platform ferry some 200 tonnes of rice and flour directly to Gaza, departs from the port from southern city of Larnaca, Cyprus, Tuesday, March 12. An aid ship loaded with some 200 tons of food set sail Tuesday from Cyprus to Gaza, the international charity behind the effort said. The shipment is a test for the opening of a sea corridor to supply aid to the territory, where starvation is spreading five months into the Israel-Hamas war.
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Randa Baker, who was displaced by the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, hangs Ramadan decorations and lanterns with her daughter, remarking the beginning of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan at a makeshift tent camp in the Muwasi area, southern Gaza, March 11. The holy month, typically a time of communal joy and reflection, is overshadowed by the grim reality of a conflict that has claimed over 30,000 Palestinian lives and left vast swaths of Gaza in shambles.
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Islamic Group known as Jamaa Islamiya carry the body of their comrade Mohammad Riad Mohyeldin, who was killed in an apparent Israeli strike on Sunday, during his funeral procession in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, March 12.
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Islamic Group known as Jamaa Islamiya carry the body of their comrade Mohammad Riad Mohyeldin, who was killed in an apparent Israeli strike on Sunday, during his funeral procession in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, March 12.
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Palestinians line up for a free meal in Rafah, Gaza Strip, on Tuesday, March 12.
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Israeli security forces inspect the scene of a stabbing attack at a checkpoint between Jerusalem and the West Bank on Wednesday, March 13. A Palestinian stabbed and wounded two people at a checkpoint near Jerusalem before being shot and killed.
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Israeli security forces inspect the scene of a stabbing attack at a checkpoint between Jerusalem and the West Bank on Wednesday, March 13. A Palestinian stabbed and wounded two people at a checkpoint near Jerusalem before being shot and killed.
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An aircraft airdrops humanitarian aid over the northern Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Wednesday, March 13.
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Parachutes drop supplies into the northern Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Wednesday, March 13.
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An Israeli tank moves near the Gaza Strip border in southern Israel, Wednesday, March 13.
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Israeli tanks parked in a staging area near the Gaza Strip border in southern Israel, Wednesday, March 13.
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A member of the World Central Kitchen drinks water as works at the humanitarian aid is being loaded onto pallets for transport to the port of Larnaca from where it's going to be shipped to Gaza, at a warehouse near Larnaca, Cyprus, on Wednesday, March 13. Cyprus' foreign minister Constantinos Kombos said that a second vessel being loaded with aid for Gaza is currently docked at Larnaca port and is preparing to depart.
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A worker use a lift loading humanitarian aid pallets inside a truck for transport to the port of Larnaca from where it will be shipped to Gaza, at a warehouse near Larnaca, Cyprus, on Wednesday, March 13. Cyprus' foreign minister Constantinos Kombos said that a second vessel being loaded with aid for Gaza is currently docked at Larnaca port and is preparing to depart.
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Palestinians walk by a pier that could be used to bring humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip in Khan Younis on Wednesday, March 13.
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Palestinians bring cement blocks to a pier that could be used to bring humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip in Khan Younis on Wednesday, March 13.
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Palestinians bring cement blocks to a pier that could be used to bring humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip in Khan Younis on Wednesday, March 13.

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