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Israel Gaza live updates: IDF says it controls Gaza side of Rafah crossing - BBC News Israel Gaza live updates: IDF says it controls Gaza side of Rafah crossing - BBC News
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The Israeli military says it has "operational control" of the Gaza side of the Rafah crossing, and that it has killed 20 Hamas fighters in Rafah overnight. Hamas says it has fired rockets at Israeli troops at the Kerem Shalom crossing - the key entry point for humanitarian aid into Gaza from Israel.
Yesterday, Israel directed about 100,000 people in the eastern part of Rafah to move to expanded "humanitarian areas" in Khan Younis and al-Mawasi ahead of its offensive. The crossing was already closed after a rocket attack by Hamas fighters over the weekend killed four Israeli soldiers in the area.
Rafah's population has grown to 1.4 million people - many of whom have sought refuge there from Israeli offensives in other parts of Gaza. Israel has described the evacuation of eastern Rafah as a "limited and temporary" move. Hamas's armed wing, which claimed responsibility for Sunday's rocket attack, said in a statement that it had "targeted the gathering of enemy forces" at Kerem Shalom in today's latest attack.
The al-Mawasi zone is a narrow strip of land with few buildings and largely consists of sandy dunes and agricultural land. Khan Younis and Deir al-Balah are both zones in which Israel has fought, where many buildings have turned to rubble. The Israeli Defense Forces posted on X that sirens had sounded in the Kerem Shalom crossing area, after "launches were fired from Gaza".
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