Hamas health ministry announced the deaths of at least 100 civilians in the evening and night. The displaced are trying to protect themselves in Rafah, where there are now more than 1.3 million of the approximately 2.4 million inhabitants of the micro-territory.
At least 17,000 children are "unaccompanied or separated" from their families, the UN warned on Friday. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to the Middle East on Sunday and into Thursday to push for a hostage release deal.