Israel hits Rafah with air strikes as U.S. urges rethink of ground sweep

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Israel says one-sixth of Hamas’ combat strength is in Rafah, but the prospect of a spiralling civilian toll has raised alarm abroad

Israel killed 14 people in air strikes in Rafah on Tuesday, Palestinian medical officials said, as the United States urged a rethink of a promised ground sweep against Hamas holdouts in the refugee-clogged city on the southern tip of the Gaza Strip.elsewhere in the enclave have been sheltering in Rafah, which abuts Gaza’s border with Egypt.

With a new round of mediated talks under way on a possible release of hostages Hamas took during an Oct 7 killing spree in Israel that sparked the war, the White House said it would confer with its ally before any troops or tanks move into Rafah. At least 31,819 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s offensive, the enclave’s health ministry said. Israeli officials said their forces have killed around 14,000 Gaza combatants.

“There is no way of destroying the terrorist and military infrastructure of Hamas and Islamic Jihad in Gaza – including in Rafah – through aerial operations or messaging operations or through any other alternatives,” Dichter told Kan radio. An Israeli air strike in Nusseirat, central Gaza, killed six people, Palestinian medics said. The military did not immediately comment but has previously said the area had two Hamas battalions which had yet to face a ground operation.

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