Local residents say tanks are advancing on Rafah and are stationed in the al-Izba district near the Mediterranean coast.
Israel bombarded central and southern Gaza on Friday, killing at least 28 Palestinians.US backed Qatari and Egyptian mediators have tried again this week to reconcile clashing demands preventing a halt to the hostilities.
Residents said tanks were stationed in the al-Izba district near the Mediterranean coast while snipers had commandeered some buildings and high ground, trapping people in their homes.Gaza health officials said two Palestinians had been killed and several wounded in western Rafah from tanks shelling there."I think the occupation forces are trying to reach the beach area of Rafah," one Palestinian resident said.
In north Gaza, three Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a Gaza City school building that was sheltering displaced families, rescue workers said. On Thursday, Israel hit an al-Nuseirat school building with what it said was a targeted air strike on up to 30 militant combatants inside."It's just another horrific example of the price that civilians are paying, that Palestinian men, women and children who are just trying to survive, who are being forced to move around in sort of a death circle around Gaza, trying to find safety, are paying," UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said.
Thousands more are feared buried dead under rubble, with most of the 2.3 million population displaced.
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