Israeli forces battled Hamas fighters in the narrow alleyways of Jabalia in northern Gaza on Friday.
CAIRO/GAZA STRIP - Israeli forces battled Hamas fighters in the narrow alleyways of Jabalia in northern Gaza on Friday in some of the fiercest engagements since they returned to the area a week ago, while in the south militants attacked tanks massing around Rafah.
At the southern end of Gaza, thick smoke rose over Rafah, bordering Egypt, where an escalating Israeli assault has sent hundreds of thousands of people fleeing from what was one of the few remaining places of refuge. "To stave off the horrors of famine, we must use the fastest and most obvious route to reach the people of Gaza - and for that, we need access by land now," deputy UN spokesperson Farhan Haq said.
"The 7th Brigade's fire control centre directed dozens of airstrikes eliminated terrorists and destroyed terrorist infrastructure," the IDF said. To achieve that, it says it must capture Rafah, where around half of the territory's 2.3 million people had sought shelter from fighting further north.
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