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Drones drop firebombs on Deir el-Balah; tanks, jets and artillery pound Rafah

Israeli military drones dropped fire-starting incendiary bombs on Abu Arif Street in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip overnight, the Palestinian Wafa news agency reports, while air raids, artillery shelling and tank fire blasted western areas of Rafah city.

As we reported earlier, at least 15 people have been killed and many wounded in attacks overnight by Israeli forces.


Rocket attacks on Israel continue from Gaza warzone: Monitors

Palestinian fighters carried out at least seven separate rocket attacks on Israeli territory from the Gaza Strip on Monday, war monitors report.

Palestinian Islamic Jihad fighters fired rockets towards five Israeli towns, while rockets were also launched towards two Israeli troop sites situated inside Israel near the border with Gaza, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) and the Critical Threats Project (CTP) report.

Israeli air defence systems intercepted another two rocket barrages – one launched from Rafah in the south and another from northern Gaza, the US-based defence think tanks said in their latest battlefield update.


Casualties in southern Gaza as home, tent attacked

Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic are reporting Israeli military attacks on a home in central Khan Younis and a tent sheltering displaced people in Mawasi.

Together, the attacks have killed and injured at least six people, according to their report.


Rescuers search for victims of Khan Younis home attack

Footage verified by Al Jazeera shows Palestinians searching for victims under the rubble of a bombed-out home in Khan Younis.

Several victims are seen wrapped in white shrouds, while one man, heavily bandaged and bloodied, is put on a stretcher and into an ambulance, to be brought for treatment in Nasser Hospital.

A neighbour of the targeted home said its residents were “unarmed civilians” who had arrived just days ago. They added that passersby were also injured in the attack.