This comes a day after it emerged the US had paused a shipment of bombs to Israel.
The US President has said he will not supply weapons if Israel launches a full-scale offensive in Rafah.
Around 80,000 people have fled Rafah since Monday, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) reports.
The data comes as pressure is increasing on Israel to refrain from a fully-fledged ground operation in Rafah.
Israel says it is currently conducting what it describes as a “precise counterterrorism operation in specific areas of Eastern Rafah.”
This morning, Agence France-Presse reported heavy shelling in the Southern region. Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that eight people had been killed after an aircraft bombed a house.
Israel says the Southern Gaza city is the last Hamas stronghold in the enclave and has threatened a full-scale invasion despite warnings from allies.
More than one million Palestinian civilians have sought shelter in the region. Many were previously displaced from other parts of Gaza, following Israel’s orders to evacuate from there.
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StandfirstJoe Biden has said the US will not supply Israel with weapons that will be used to invade Rafah
This comes a day after it emerged the US had paused a shipment of bombs to Israel.
The US President has said he will not supply weapons if Israel launches a full-scale offensive in Rafah.
Around 80,000 people have fled Rafah since Monday, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) reports.
The data comes as pressure is increasing on Israel to refrain from a fully-fledged ground operation in Rafah.
Israel says it is currently conducting what it describes as a “precise counterterrorism operation in specific areas of Eastern Rafah.”
This morning, Agence France-Presse reported heavy shelling in the Southern region. Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that eight people had been killed after an aircraft bombed a house.
Israel says the Southern Gaza city is the last Hamas stronghold in the enclave and has threatened a full-scale invasion despite warnings from allies.
More than one million Palestinian civilians have sought shelter in the region. Many were previously displaced from other parts of Gaza, following Israel’s orders to evacuate from there.
