Palestinian fighters keep up Rafah attacks day after 4 Israelis killed by ‘house-borne’ IED
Three Palestinian armed groups conducted attacks on Israeli forces in Rafah on Tuesday, a day after Hamas said its fighters in the southern city detonated a “house-borne improvised explosive device (HBIED)” that killed four Israeli soldiers, war monitors report.
A unit of Israel’s Givati Brigade entered the booby-trapped house in eastern Rafah – which was the home of a Hamas member – thinking it was free of explosives. The detonation of explosives collapsed the building on top of the soldiers, US-based think tanks the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) and the Critical Threats Project (CTP) report.
The latest ISW/CTP joint report on the situation in Gaza also notes that fighters with Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) fired a salvo of rockets at an Israeli military target in southern Israel’s Kissufim area on Tuesday.
A PIJ sniper also reported targeting an Israeli soldier operating along the Netzarim Corridor on the same day.
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Three more killed in Gaza City
An Israeli attack on a Gaza City home has killed at least three people. The attack took place in the Zeitoun neighbourhood, report our colleagues on the ground.
Earlier, we reported a separate attack on a home in Gaza City’s Shujayea neighbourhood that killed at least seven people and injured others.
Israeli forces storm Shaboura in Rafah refugee camp
Israeli forces have stormed Shaboura, the northern area of the Rafah refugee camp, while firing artillery and conducting air strikes, our colleagues on the ground report.
Fighting is taking place between Israeli forces and Palestinian groups in the camp as well as in areas in central Rafah in southern Gaza.
Israeli bombing kills 6 in Gaza City
Israeli forces have bombed a house in Gaza City’s Zeitoun neighbourhood and killed six Palestinians, our colleagues on the ground report.
Death toll in Gaza City attack rises to 14
Six people have now been confirmed killed in an Israeli air attack on a home in Gaza City’s Zeitoun neighbourhood, reports Wafa news agency.
This brings the total number of people killed by Israeli attacks since dawn to 14, with a number of others wounded.
Israeli military claims to strike 30 Gaza targets in last day
Israeli ground troops and air forces have continued operating in Rafah and central Gaza, targeting fighter cells, weapons depots, launch sites and other military infrastructure, according to Israel’s military.
This included carrying out close-quarter combat in Rafah, said the military, claiming its forces have destroyed several fighter cells and booby-trapped structures in the last day.
It also included targeted air strikes throughout central Gaza, which hit an armed fighter cell and a weapons depot, the military added. Israel’s latest attacks throughout Gaza have also killed numerous civilians, including a child in a home in Rafah, according to the Wafa news agency.
