Israel is moving forward with an offensive in the southern city even as ceasefire negotiations with Hamas remain on a knife's edge.
An Israeli tank brigade has seized control of the Gaza Strip side of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, authorities say. Israel is moving forward with an offensive in the southern city even as ceasefire negotiations with Hamas remain on a knife's edge. The Israeli 401st Brigade entered the Rafah crossing early on Tuesday morning, the Israeli military said, taking "operational control" of the crucial crossing for both aid and those able to flee into Egypt.
The Israeli military claimed it seized the crossing after receiving intelligence it was "being used for terrorist purposes". The military did not provide evidence to immediately support the assertion, though it alleged the area around the crossing had been used to launch a mortar attack that killed four Israeli troops and wounded others near the Kerem Shalom Crossing. The military also said that ground troops and airstrikes targeted suspected Hamas positions in Rafah.
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