Israel ignores UN resolution and increases bombing in Gaza and southern Lebanon. Hopes for a truce in Gaza following the UN Security Council resolution have dissipated.
The Israeli army on Wednesday bombed five buildings in Rafah, the city bordering Egypt that hosts more than a million Palestinians displaced from other parts of the Strip. Cross-border hostilities have caused 338 deaths in Lebanon, mostly Hezbollah fighters, but also 57 civilians. On the Israeli side, 10 soldiers and eight civilians have died since October, while the conflict has displaced thousands on both sides of the border.