Israel's military said its troops were pressing on with their ground assault in the Rafah area yesterday, despite international outrage over a deadly airstrike on a camp on Sunday, which ignited a fire that killed at least 45 people.
The Israeli military's chief spokesman claimed that the bombs Israel had used in the attack were too small to have caused a fire of that size.
Separately, Gazan officials also said that 21 people were killed yesterday in strikes on an area of tents housing displaced people in Al-Mawasi, a designated safe zone near Rafah. The Israeli military, which said it was engaging in close-quarters combat in the area, denied it had carried out any attacks inside the zone.
Displaced Palestinians were fleeing parts of Rafah yesterday, prompted by what residents said was a night of heavy bombardment.
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