Israel pursues Rafah offensive; weather damages US-built aid pier

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Israel’s armed forces were active in the southernmost city of the Gaza Strip on Saturday, despite a call by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for an immediate end to the military operation in Rafah. Israeli soldiers killed several Palestinian gunmen who had previously fired at the Israelis, the army said. Further weapons caches and tunnel shafts were found in Rafah. The Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that one civilian was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the city, which borders Egypt. But as in previous days, the fighting in Gaza on Saturday centred on the refugee settlement of …

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