The Latest Breaking News from Rafah

Weeks of bombing and siege have turned the enclave into a wasteland of hungry refugees, stalked by disease

The apparent drive to encircle Gaza's second-largest city of Khan Younis was forcing people to flee further south to escape the fighting.

Israeli war planes and artillery bombarded Khan Younis in the south of the Gaza Strip on Saturday, hitting mosques and homes and close to a hospital, after the collapse of a truce in the nearly two-month-old war between Israel and Hamas militants

Aid organisations say they face difficulties operating as Israel resumes its bombardment of Palestinians in Gaza.

After a seven-day ceasefire, fighting has resumed in the Gaza Strip. The Israel Defense Forces report hitting “over 200 terror targets” while the Palestinian health ministry in the Hamas-controlled enclave reported at least 100 deaths by the afternoon of December 1. Strikes have spread from the north to the south…

One of the 28 premature Gaza babies moved to Egypt from al-Shifa is dead. And trucks with Gaza aid must wait again.

Israel carried out deadly bombardments in Gaza for a second day on Saturday after a week-long truce with Hamas collapsed despite international calls for an extension.

Egyptian security sources say aid and fuel trucks from Egypt have stopped, as UN officials say aid delivery in doubt.

Gazans were fleeing their homes and rushing their dead and wounded to hospitals after fresh Israeli strikes on Friday, as combat resumed between Israel and Hamas following the expiry of a week-long truce.