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Israel attacks eastern Rafah and resumes operations in Gaza city

The Israeli army is conducting operations in the eastern part of Rafah, where it ordered the evacuation of civilians last Monday; and resumed its military activity in Gaza City in the Zeitun neighborhood, a military statement said.

Israel launched an operation in Rafah on Monday, although it stressed that these were in the eastern part of the city, at the southern end of the Strip and where about 1.5 million displaced people live, more than half of Gaza’s population. , contains selected prints. 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 crossing, which links the enclave to Egypt and is crucial for the entry of humanitarian aid, as well as intensifying the crackdown. Also does. Area bombing. According to army figures, about 150,000 people have since been evacuated, although the United Nations Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has reduced the figure to about 110,000.

The official Palestinian agency Wafa also reported Israeli bombardment of several points in Rafah, the Zeitun neighborhood and the Shati camp in Gaza City, causing several deaths. (efe)