Israeli military says it is continuing operation in eastern Rafah
The military says it has killed Hamas fighters and dismantled military infrastructure in eastern Rafah as it presses on with its incursion in southern Gaza. As part of this operation, the Israeli army is carrying out “targeted raids” on the Palestinian side of the Rafah crossing, which it took operational control of on Tuesday morning, according to a military statement.
Israel has also continued to wage attacks on military infrastructure across Gaza over the past day, the statement said, hitting 100 targets, including launch sites and observation posts. The latest attacks have created a new wave of displacement from Rafah and caused dozens of casualties, according to health officials in Gaza.
Israeli tanks amass in southern Israel near the border with Gaza
‘Hamas will move northwards’: Israeli military spokesman
Daniel Hagari, the Israeli military spokesperson, said he expects Hamas to regroup and continue operating even after the Rafah operation, but that Israel will keep pursuing it wherever it goes.
“I want to tell the public so that they do not delude themselves: Even after we deal with Rafah, there will be terror,” Hagari said in an interview with Israel’s Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper.
“Hamas will move northwards and try to reconstitute itself, even in the next few days. In every place Hamas returns to, including in northern and central Gaza, we will return to operating.”
Israel doesn't want the war to end, already saying they'll keep on going after Rafah.
Rafah buildings catch fire due to artillery shelling: Report
Israeli artillery attacks have hit several residential buildings in central Rafah, causing fires to break out, according to the Wafa news agency. Palestinian rescue services are struggling to respond to the scene and put out the fires due to continuous artillery shelling, reports Wafa.
Israeli artillery shelling has hammered central and eastern Rafah throughout the day, including in the densely populated neighbourhoods of Salam and al-Jnaina, reports Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud from Deir el-Balah.
‘Exhaustion’, ‘panic’ as the displaced search for shelter in Deir el-Balah
Events are evolving rapidly. People in Rafah are filling up the roads and evacuating from the city.
They are moving their stuff either by car or by animal-drawn cart, using whatever means of transportation available as Israel expands its intense bombing campaign. The bombing seems to be moving a little further towards central Rafah, as well as the western part of it.
People are pouring into central Gaza by the thousands, mainly to Deir el-Balah city.
The vicinity of this hospital – Al-Aqsa Hospital – is becoming very crowded, with many families looking for any small, empty area… to set up tents or whatever they’re able to construct.
Exhaustion and panic define what these families are experiencing.
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