Israel has also told Palestinians to leave Gaza City within 24 hours. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Emergency responders and residents rescue a Palestinian man from the rubble of a house, after an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip.on Friday since Hamas fighters rampaged through southern Israel, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said a campaign of retaliation had only just begun.
“We are striking our enemies with unprecedented might,” Mr Netanyahu said, in a brief statement which, unusually, was televised after the Jewish Sabbath had begun.of the northern part of the Gaza Strip, but it was impossible to assess their numbers. Many others said they would not leave. The United Nations and other organisations warned of a disaster if so many people were forced to flee, and said the siege of the enclave should be lifted to let in aid.
Earlier, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said it would be impossible for Gazans to obey Israel’s order to leave the north without “devastating humanitarian consequences”, prompting a rebuke from Israel that the UN should condemn Hamas and support Israel’s right to self-defence. Gaza is already one of the most crowded places on earth, and for now there is no way out. Israel has imposed a total blockade, and Egypt, which also has a border with the enclave, has so far resisted calls to open it to fleeing residents.Hamas issued a video on Friday purporting to show its fighters cuddling a baby and a toddler in one of the villages it ransacked. Israel has said entire families were slaughtered.
There have also been fears of hostilities spreading to new fronts, including Israel’s northern border with Lebanon, where clashes this week have already been the deadliest since 2006.Palestinians scatter during clashes with Israeli soldiers at the north entrance of the Palestinian city of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank. PHOTO: AFPon Friday while working in southern Lebanon. Reuters said it was seeking more information and working with the authorities in the region.
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