Israel's army reports series of attacks in southern Gaza. According to Hamas, the number of victims is significant.
Before the Gaza war, Rafah had around 300,000 inhabitants, but there are now said to be at least 1.3 million internally displaced people there. Most of them fled there from other parts of the coastal strip, some on orders from the Israeli military. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the country's army on Friday to prepare an offensive on Rafah, causing significant international criticism.