RAFAH, May 17 — Fighting raged today in Gaza after Israel vowed to intensify its ground offensive in Rafah despite international concerns for the hundreds of thousands of...
Palestinians who fled Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip arrive with their belongings to Khan Yunis on May 15, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas. — AFP picRAFAH, May 17 — Fighting raged today in Gaza after Israel vowed to intensify its ground offensive in Rafah despite international concerns for the hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians in the southern city.
Rescue teams were trying to recover people from under the rubble of the Shaaban family home on Al-Faluja Street in the camp, it added.Witnesses said Israeli warships launched strikes on Rafah, on the border with Egypt, where more than 1.4 million Palestinian civilians have been sheltering. Israel vowed in response to crush Hamas and launched a military offensive on Gaza, where at least 35,303 people have been killed since the war erupted, according to data provided by the health ministry of Hamas-run territory.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted yesterday that the ground assault on Rafah was a “critical” part of the army’s mission to destroy Hamas and prevent any repetition of the October 7 attack. This handout satellite image courtesy of Maxar Technologies shows the expansion of tents and shelters for Palestinians displaced by the ongoing conflict in the Gaza Strip between Israel and Hamas at the Mawasi camp near Rafah in the south of the Palestinian territory on May 4, 2024. — Satellite image 2024 Maxar Technologies/AFP picUS troops yesterday anchored a long-awaited temporary pier aimed at delivering emergency aid to a Gaza beach.
Many of those fleeing Rafah have headed for the coastal area of Al-Mawasi that Israel has declared a “humanitarian zone”. In a statement at the end of a summit in Bahrain, the 22-member bloc also appealed for an “immediate” ceasefire in Gaza and an end to forced displacement in the narrow coastal territory.
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