Israeli army says it is now operating in the centre of Rafah

Israel’s army is now operating in the centre of Rafah, the military said as it pursued a much-criticized offensive in the Palestinian city in the southern Gaza Strip. Israeli troops had discovered rocket launchers, tunnels and Hamas weapons there, the army said on Friday. The stated aim of Israel’s operation is to completely eliminate the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, which carried out the October 7 terrorist attack on Israel. Although eyewitnesses had seen Israeli tanks in the centre of the city earlier in the week, there had been no confirmation that ground troops were deployed there unt…

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