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Israel continues Rafah strikes after dozens killed in bombing - BBC News Israel continues Rafah strikes after dozens killed in Sunday bombing - BBC News
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Rushdi Abualouf Some of the hundreds of thousands of civilians who were sheltering in Rafah are now fleeing the city as military operations intensify.
BBC News Gaza correspondent Families were seen transporting their belongings in Rafah this morning as they looked for shelter away from the increased fighting.
The western part of Rafah city is currently under heavy bombardment and artillery fire, the most intense since the military operation began in early May. Rafah had been designated a safe zone by Israel for people displaced from their homes elsewhere in Gaza but many have now been ordered to leave or are fleeing.
Eyewitnesses said that Israeli tanks have now taken control of the strategic Zoroub Hill, the highest hill overlooking the Palestinian-Egyptian border. The Israeli military is pressing ahead with an incursion into the city, which it says is one of Hamas's last remaining strongholds in the Palestinian enclave.
The Israeli army has expanded its military operations in the west and troops are controlling 9km of the Philadelphia Corridor, witnesses told the BBC.
Local officials said at least 16 people were killed overnight, with no confirmation from the health ministry yet.
The air strikes have forced hundreds of families to flee to a nearby hospital, with rescue teams struggling to access the explosion sites.
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