The Israeli army has attacked eastern Rafah and resumed operations in the Zeitun district of Gaza City.
The Israeli army is carrying out “precise operations” in the eastern part of Rafah, where it ordered the evacuation of civilians last Monday; and has resumed military activity in Zeitun, a neighborhood in Gaza City, where Hamas forces have returned, according to an Israeli army statement.
Israeli forces have located more than a dozen underground tunnels in Ráfah and on the Palestinian side of the Ráfah border crossing, which connects the enclave with Egypt. “They eliminated several terrorist cells in hand-to-hand combat and with air strikes.”
Israel launched the operation in Rafah on Monday, although it insists they are selective incursions into the eastern part of that city, on the southern side of the Gaza Strip, where some 1.5 million displaced people live, more than half of the population of Gaza .
The Israeli army ordered the evacuation of about 100,000 people in the eastern part of the city on Monday and on Tuesday took control of the Rafah border crossing, which connects the enclave to Egypt and is crucial for the access of humanitarian aid. bombings in the area.
“As shelling by Israeli forces in Rafah intensifies, forced displacement continues. An estimated 110,000 people have fled Rafah in search of safety. But nowhere in the Gaza Strip is safe and living conditions are appalling,” UNRWA complains today.
In the seven months of war, more than 34,900 Gazans have died, including 15,000 children; while around 10,000 bodies are still missing under the rubble.
Source: EITB
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