Tanks pushed into Beit Hanoon and surrounded some schools where displaced families have taken refuge, said the residents and media outlets of the Palestinian group Hamas.
Palestinian health officials said in one strike, Israel killed four people and wounded several others in Rafah, where over half of Gaza's 2.3 million people are sheltering / Photo: Reuters
Tanks advanced into Beit Hanoon and surrounded some schools where displaced families have taken refuge, said the residents and media outlets of the Palestinian resistance group Hamas. Heavy bombardment turned most of Beit Hanoon, once known as 'the basket of fruit' because of its orchards, into a ghost town comprising piles of rubble.
After six months of fighting, there is still no sign of a breakthrough in US-backed talks led by Qatar and Egypt to clinch a ceasefire deal in Gaza.The Israeli military said its forces continued to operate in central Gaza and that they had killed"several gunmen" who allegedly attempted to attack them.
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