Israeli tanks pushed deeper into eastern Rafah on Tuesday, reaching some residential districts
of the southern Gazan border city where more than a million people had been sheltering and stoking fears of further civilian casualties.
“Many people are being trapped in their houses. We lost contact with some relatives after they were warned by the army in phone calls to leave and they refused,” Nasser, 57, a father of six, told Reuters, using an international phone card. Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday Egypt must be “persuaded” to reopen the Rafah border crossing to “allow the continued delivery of international humanitarian aid” into Gaza.
The World Court, also known as the International Court of Justice , said it would hold hearings on Thursday and Friday to discuss a request by South Africa seeking new emergency measures over the Rafah incursion, which Qatar says has stalled efforts to reach a ceasefire.
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