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ARTILLERY, GUNFIRE. Israeli army battle tanks operate in southern Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip on Wednesday amid the ongoing conflict in the Palestinian territory between Israel and the Hamas movement. AFPRAFAH, Palestinian Territories – Rafah residents reported intense artillery shelling and gunfire Thursday in Gaza’s far-southern city after Israel said it had seized a strategic corridor on the Palestinian territory’s border with Egypt.
Military spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari announced Israel had taken “operational control” of the narrow border area, where he said troops had “discovered around 20 tunnels”. On a visit in Beijing, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi called for increased humanitarian assistance to besieged Gaza, and reiterated his country’s longstanding opposition to “any attempt at forcing Palestinians to forcibly flee their land”.
Before the Rafah offensive began, the United Nations said up to 1.4 million people were sheltering there. Since then, one million have fled the area, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, has said. He also called on Abbas to “implement necessary reforms”, offering the “prospect of recognition of the state of Palestine”.
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