Israeli tanks also pressed deeper into western areas of Rafah in the south of the enclave overnight.
CAIRO – Israeli forces killed at least 24 Palestinians in three separate air strikes on Gaza City early on June 25, and the dead included a sister of Mr Ismail Haniyeh, the chief of the militant Islamist Hamas group, Gaza health officials and medics said.
Another strike on a house in the Shati camp, one of the Gaza Strip’s eight historic refugee camps, killed 10 others. Israel’s military said its forces had targeted militants overnight in Gaza City who had been involved in the planning of attacks on Israel.Hamas’ cross-border attack on Oct 7The Israeli Air Force struck two structures “used by Hamas terrorists in Shati and Daraj Tuffah in the northern Gaza Strip”. “The terrorists operated inside school compounds that were used by Hamas as a shield for its terrorist activities,” the military statement said.
The United Nations Palestinian refugee agency said chaos was taking hold in Gaza as smuggling bands form and add to the difficulties of delivering sorely needed aid.as the conflict rages on unabated and humanitarian access remains restricted, a global hunger monitor said on June 25.Hezbollah conflict
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on June 23 that the phase of intense fighting against Hamas, freeing up more forces for deployment on Israel’s northern border with Lebanon, where fighting with Iran-backed Hezbollah has escalated. Israel’s ground and air campaign in Gaza was triggered when Hamas-led militants stormed into southern Israel on Oct 7, killing around 1,200 people and seizing more than 250 hostages, according to Israeli tallies.
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