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Conflict has continued a day after Hamas accepted truce terms offered by Qatari and Egyptian mediators, which Israel rejected as being far from its "basic requirements". Here's the latest: Sam Rose, the director of planning at UNRWA (the UN agency for Palestinian Refugees) has been telling the BBC about the "desperate" humanitarian situation in Rafah, southern Gaza.
Israel has taken "operational control" of the Gaza side of the Rafah crossing - a vital entry point for aid - after striking eastern Rafah overnight, killing 20 Hamas members Israel has been directing people in eastern Rafah to expanded "humanitarian areas", but Rose says there's "nowhere" safe for those people to go.
A senior Israeli official says a team of Israeli negotiators will go to Cairo "in the next few hours" to see whether Hamas can be persuaded to change its latest ceasefire offer The "safe zone" can't fit any more people, he says, adding that one half of the zone is made of sand dunes that "can't accommodate people for any length of time".
It comes after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed the deal - drawn up by Egyptian mediators - as far from meeting "core demands" He says the other half of the safe zone is inside Khan Younis, which he says has experienced "savage bombardment" over the past few weeks.
The exact terms of the deal Hamas has agreed to have not been confirmed He says borders and crossing points need to reopen for commodities and food to allow humanitarian agencies to provide support.
Hamas says it has fired rockets at the Israeli-controlled Kerem Shalom crossing, which was already closed after an earlier Hamas rocket attack killed four Israeli soldiers over the weekend
Palestinians are continuing to evacuate after Israel's military warned civilians to leave eastern parts of Rafah ahead of the strikes, with more than 100,000 people affected
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, continues to voice concern over the humanitarian situation, and has warned of the impact diminished aid supplies will have on civilians
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