Israel launched new air strikes against Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip during the night from Wednesday to Thursday, according to an AFP journalist. Talks are still underway to find a truce agreement, a first phase should provide for a six-week truce, associated with an exchange of hostages for Palestinian prisoners.
Israel, for its part, says its offensive will continue as long as Hamas will not have been eliminated and the hostages released. “We are waiting for death, day after day,” said a resident of Rafah, Wissam Lafi, to AFP.