It comes as over 50 people were killed and many more are injured following a blast at the Al-Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip early on Sunday.
At Gaza's southern border, the wait goes on for British citizens to flee - ITV News' Rebecca Barry reports
The Rafah crossing remains o foreign nationals attempting to flee Gaza over a reported row moving injured patients. Many UK nationals have reported to have been turned away and others face leaving without their family members. Arafat Abu Mashaia, who lives in the camp, said the strike flattened several multi-story homes where people forced out of other parts of Gaza were sheltering.
Despite such appeals, Israel has continued its bombardment across Gaza, saying it is targeting Hamas fighters and assets everywhere in the besieged enclave, with the UN declaring on Saturday "nowhere is safe in Gaza".It comes as Israel has rejected the idea of halting its offensive, even for brief humanitarian pauses proposed by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken during his current tour of the region.
The Rafah crossing is the only route out of Gaza for foreign nationals and the sole entry point for incoming aid. Avichay Adraee, an IDF spokesperson, said on X, formerly known as Twitter: "If you care about yourself and your loved ones, head south according to our instructions. Rest assured that Hamas leaders are already taking care to protect themselves."
“It is our view now that a cease-fire would simply leave Hamas in place, able to regroup and repeat what it did on October 7,” Mr Blinken said at the news conference after the talks,
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