CAIRO — Israel stormed a neighbourhood in Gaza City on June 27, ordering Palestinians to move south as tanks rolled in and bombing the southern city of Rafah in what it says are the final stages of an operation against Hamas militants there. Residents of the Shejaia neighbourhood in Gaza City said they were surprised by the sound of tanks...
A Palestinian man carries a child while walking near rubble, following an Israeli strike on a school sheltering displaced people, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, June 27, 2024.CAIRO — Israel stormed a neighbourhood in Gaza City on June 27, ordering Palestinians to move south as tanks rolled in and bombing the southern city of Rafah in what it says are the final stages of an operation against Hamas militants there.
Later on June 27, the Palestinian Civil Emergency Service said the Israeli military strikes had killed at least seven people in Shejaia so far.Footage obtained by Reuters showed women, men and children carrying bags and food as they ran in the streets after the raid began. Some men carried injured children, some bleeding, in their arms as they fled.
"For your safety, you must evacuate immediately south on Salah al-Din Street to the humanitarian zone," army spokesperson Avichay Adraee posted on social media platform X in a call to residents and displaced people in Shejaia. More than eight months into Israel's war on Gaza triggered by the Hamas-led cross-border attack on Oct 7, aid officials say the enclave remains at high risk of famine, with almost half a million people facing "catastrophic" food insecurity.
In southern Gaza, drone footage on social media, which Reuters could not immediately authenticate, showed dozens of houses destroyed in parts of Rafah, with the Swedeya village on the western side of the city wiped out.International mediation backed by the US has failed to yield a ceasefire agreement although talks are continuing amid intense Western pressure for Gaza to receive more aid.
Hamas says any deal must end the war and bring full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, while Israel says it will accept only temporary pauses in fighting until Hamas, which has ruled Gaza since 2007, is eradicated.
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