Fighting in Gaza's Rafah as tensions soar on Israel-Lebanon border

Witnesses and the civil defence agency in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip reported Israeli bombardment in western Rafah, where medics said drone strikes and shelling killed at least seven people., but a United Nations spokesman said days later that"this has yet to translate into more aid reaching people in need".

The war has sent tensions soaring across the region, with violence involving Iran-backed Hamas allies. Hezbollah later said it had fired"dozens of Katyusha rockets and artillery rounds" towards a barracks in Kiryat Shmona in northern Israel in retaliation for the attacks., along with a warning from Foreign Minister Israel Katz of Hezbollah's destruction in a"total war", came as US envoy Amos Hochstein visited the region to push for de-escalation.

Parts of central Gaza also experienced fighting overnight, while witnesses reported artillery shelling and heavy gunfire in northern Gaza City's Zeitun neighbourhood. Thousands gathered in front of parliament in Jerusalem on Tuesday night, calling for early elections and the resumption of truce talks.

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