Military movement on Israel's border with Gaza Strip as efforts to secure cease-fire continue

(27 Apr 2024)
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Southern Israel, looking at Gaza Strip - 27 April 2024
1. Various of Israeli tanks firing in direction of buildings in Gaza
2. Smoke rising from buildings, tanks passing by
3. Close of destroyed buildings
4. Soldiers and tanks moving near destroyed buildings
5. Various of tank moving
6. Wide of Israeli flag, destroyed buildings of Gaza in background
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Israel on Saturday carried out further airstrikes on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, while tanks and armored vehicles massed near the border fired into the Palestinian territory.
One Israeli airstrike hit a house in Rafah’s Tel Sultan neighborhood early on Saturday, killing at least six people, including four children, according to officials at a local hospital.
The latest violence came amid increasing international pressure on Israel and the Hamas militant group to reach a cease-fire agreement.
Hamas has said it is reviewing a new Israeli proposal for a cease-fire, which would stave off a possible Israeli ground offensive into the southern Gaza city of Rafah.
A senior Hamas official gave no details of Israel's offer but said it was in response to a proposal from the militant group two weeks ago.
Negotiations earlier this month centered on a six-week cease-fire proposal and the release of 40 civilian and sick hostages in exchange for freeing hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.
As the war drags on and casualties mount, there has been growing international pressure for Hamas and Israel to reach a deal and avert a possible Israeli attack on Rafah.
More than half of Gaza’s 2.3 million people have sought refuge in the city after fleeing fighting elsewhere in the territory.
Israel has been insisting for months it plans a ground offensive into Rafah, on the border with Egypt, where it says many remaining Hamas militants are holed up.
Egypt has cautioned an offensive into Rafah could have “catastrophic consequences” on the humanitarian situation in Gaza, as well as on regional peace and security.
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