Hundreds braved roads in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip Tuesday as they fled Israel’s expanding ground assault, with increased shelling, tanks in the city centre, and forces positioned on higher ground.
The UN Security Council was set to convene an emergency meeting Tuesday over an Israeli strike on Sunday that killed at least 45 people in a displaced persons camp in Rafah.
Fresh strikes on a camp west of Rafah have killed at least 21 people, medics said.
UNRWA, the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, said that one million civilians had fled the city since the ground assault began in early May, despite a chorus of international warnings.
The health ministry Gaza said in a statement that Israeli shelling in and around health facilities in the governorate has left just one still operational.
