Eight agents say the closing of the Rafah Crossing as well as the other main crossing makes it virtually impossible to assist civilians inside the enclave. These pictures have been issued by the idf saying troops are carrying out a limited operation in gaza, saying theyve killed several hamas fighters and destroyed a number of titles. Meanwhile, lorries are queuing up at the Rafah Crossing Waiting to get into gaza. In the last few minutes, the un has demanded that gazas crossings must be reopened immediately and says a full scale assault on rough i would be a humanitarian catastrophe. Theres been celebrations in Rafah On Monday Night after hamas edit agreed proposals for a Hostage Release and cease fire. Relatives of the hostages in gaza up and demanding Benjamin Netanyahu accept the deal. But israel says the drafters is far from meeting its key demands. Galarneau has sent this report. And destroyed tunnels in a precise operation. But palestinians mourning their lost loved ones say chi
The israeli army has said it has operational control of their rafah crossing here, this is a fellow because mortars were fired from this area killing four other soldiers. We have not verified this ourselves but we have verified several videos circulating on social media of israeli armoured vehicles including this one, which appeared online this morning. It shows a tank ramming into two palestinian flags at the crossing on the gaza side. There is a long shadow stretching on the ground from west to east suggesting it was early in the morning. We have located it to hear by looking at pictures of Satellite Images of the crossing. Overnight, there was continuous israeli bombardment on the border city. We verified this video which was sent to the bbc by someone in khan younis looking towards rafah. You can see some of the players in the sky. Israel claims 20 hamas fighters have been killed but there are also reports of civilian casualties. Israel says it has warned people of it strikes. One