Israeli forces continued operations against Hamas in parts of Rafah and other areas of Gaza, the Israel Defence Forces said on Thursday. Soldiers in Rafah’s “Brazil” and “Shaburah” neighbourhoods located rocket launchers and tunnel shafts and killed several Hamas terrorists in face-to-face encounters. Israeli aircraft struck and killed a three-man Hamas squad firing rockets at soldiers in the Rafah area.

Palestinian mourners carry bodies wrapped in flags during a group funeral of people killed in an Israeli raid, in Jenin