Tag: 30/5/24

Israel’s war on Gaza live: No safe shelter as dozens killed in Rafah

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  • Fierce street fighting and Israeli bombardment continue in Rafah a day after tanks rolled into the centre of the southern Gaza city sheltering hundreds of thousands of civilians. Israeli strikes kill at least 37 Palestinians, most in tents.
  • Israel’s military says it seized control of the entire length of Gaza’s border with Egypt – known as the Philadelphi Corridor – signalling it has deepened its ground invasion despite international condemnation.
  • The war on Gaza could last another seven months to achieve “the destruction of Hamas’s power”, Israel’s National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi says.
  • Israel’s air force bombs and kills two paramedics with the Palestine Red Crescent Society as they attempted to rescue wounded people in Tal as-Sultan, west of Rafah.

By Alastair Mccready and Zaheena Rasheed

Published On 30 May 202430 May 2024