Israel on Saturday Targeting parts of Gaza, including Rafah has made Israel has extended the evacuation order for civilians in Rafah United Nations has warned that there will be worst destruction in case of attack on Ganjanabad city.
AFP journalists, medics and witnesses reported the attacks in the coastal region, where the United Nations says Israeli troops defied international opposition to enter eastern Rafah this week. Humanitarian aid has since been stopped.
Central Gaza At least 21 people died during the attacks, whose bodies have been transferred to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah city.
Witnesses in Rafah reported intense airstrikes near the border crossing with Egypt, and smoke might be seen billowing over the city in AFP images.
Eyewitnesses say other attacks were also carried out in northern Gaza.
Israeli troops on Tuesday closed the Palestinian side of the Rafah crossing, where all fuel enters Gaza, following ordering residents of eastern Rafah to evacuate the area.
Although efforts to mediate a ceasefire and the release of Israeli prisoners appear deadlocked, Hamas has released a video of an Israeli prisoner apparently alive in Gaza, less than a month following its release. There is a third footage of sorts.
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The new evacuation order from East Rafah was posted on the social media platform X by Israeli army spokesman Ovechi Adrai, who said the designated areas had seen Hamas activity in recent days and weeks.
According to Gaza’s health ministry, at least 34,971 people, mostly women and children, have been killed in seven months of Israeli attacks.
A US State Department report on Friday said it was reasonable to infer that Israel violated international law in its use of US weapons, but did not find enough evidence to stop the supply.
The US State Department has submitted its report at a time when US President Joe Biden publicly threatened two days ago that if Israel attacks Rafah, he will stop supplying some bombs and artillery shells.
Hamas said in a statement that Israel’s “continuous control” and closure of the Rafah crossing was adding to the “humanitarian catastrophe” in the besieged area.
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has vowed to “eliminate” the Hamas battalion in Rafah, following the army said in January it had dismantled the Hamas command structure in northern Gaza.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday that Gaza was at risk of a “massive humanitarian catastrophe” if Israel launched a full-scale ground operation in Rafah.
The Israeli army said it had reopened the Karam Abu Salem crossing near Rafah on Wednesday, but aid agencies warned that getting help through the military zone was extremely difficult.
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