Turkiye tells US that Israel’s attack on Rafah unacceptable, Turkish source says

Palestinians flee Rafah after Israeli forces launched a ground and air operation in the eastern part of the southern Gaza City in Rafah on May 15, 2024. (Reuters)
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Updated 15 May 2024
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Turkiye tells US that Israel’s attack on Rafah unacceptable, Turkish source says

  • Fidan also told Blinken that it was important to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza as soon as possible

ANKARA: Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan told his US counterpart Antony Blinken in a call on Wednesday that Israel’s attack on the Gazan city of Rafah is unacceptable, a Turkish diplomatic source said.
Fidan also told Blinken that it was important to achieve a ceasefire in Gaza as soon as possible, while emphasising that obstacles to the access of humanitarian aid into the enclave must be removed, the source said.


Angelina Jolie visits Egyptian side of Rafah crossing to Gaza

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Angelina Jolie visits Egyptian side of Rafah crossing to Gaza

  • The Hollywood star spoke with members of the Red Crescent and truck drivers ferrying humanitarian aid

RAFAH, Egypt: Hollywood star Angelina Jolie visited on Friday the Egyptian side of the Rafah crossing into Gaza, where she spoke with members of the Red Crescent and truck drivers ferrying humanitarian aid, AFP journalists said.
According to local media, the actor and former special envoy for the UN refugee agency made the visit to see the condition of injured Palestinians transferred to Egypt and to look into aid deliveries into the devastated territory.