Israel's offensive continues in Gaza despite international outcry over an attack that sparked a fire killing dozens of Palestinians living in a tent camp.
Israeli tanks have reached the centre of Rafah for the first time, witnesses say, three weeks into a ground operation in the southern Gaza city that has sparked global condemnation. The tanks were spotted on Tuesday near Al-Awda mosque, a central Rafah landmark, the witnesses told Reuters. The Israeli military said its forces continued to operate in the Rafah area without commenting on reported advancements into the city centre.
There are no safe areas in Rafah for Palestinian civilians," Macron said on social network X. Germany's foreign minister Annalena Baerbock and the EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said a recent International Court of Justice ruling, which ordered Israel to halt its offensive in Gaza, must be respected. "International humanitarian law applies for all, also for Israel's conduct of the war," Baerbock said.
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