Witnesses said they could hear blasts in Rafah’s city centre and west on the morning of June 17.
A daytime “pause” for aid deliveries announced by Israel’s military around a southern Gaza route appeared to be holding.- Israel struck Gaza on June 17 and witnesses reported blasts in the besieged territory’s south, but fighting has largely subsided after a day of relative calm and as Muslims marked Eid al-Adha.
An Israeli official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said “there was no change” in the military’s policy and stressed fighting “continues as planned”. A map released by the army showed the declared humanitarian route extending up to Rafah’s European Hospital, about 10km from Kerem Shalom. Gazans “urgently need food, water, sanitation, shelter and healthcare, with many living near piles of solid waste, heightening health risks,” Mr Laerke said.
It was announced a day after eight Israeli soldiers were killed in a blast near Rafah and three more died elsewhere, in one of the heaviest losses for the army in more than eight months of war against Hamas militants.that resulted in the deaths of 1,194 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on Israeli official figures.
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