Israel pummels Gaza as troops push into central Rafah
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Israeli forces strike Gaza, killing civilians; Hamas demands ceasefire, prisoner swap; UN warns of famine; Israel denies targeting civilians.
Israeli forces on Friday struck targets across the Gaza Strip, with witnesses reporting air raids around the southern city of Rafah, the latest focus of the nearly eight-month war.
Israel launched its military incursion into Rafah in early May despite international objections over the safety of civilians sheltering in the city on Gaza's border with Egypt.
Witnesses said on Friday Israeli strikes hit the Rafah area as well as central Gaza's Nuseirat while intense bombardment was reported in the north.
Strikes on two separate locations killed a total of 11 persons overnight, medical sources at a hospital in Deir al-Balah and the Nuseirat refugee camp reported.
The Israeli military said its forces were "operating in central Gaza", where it earlier announced forces had found rocket launchers, weapons and "tunnel shafts".
An air strike "targeted and eliminated" a militant in the Rafah area, the military said.
In central Gaza, further air strikes "eliminated several terrorists who operated near" troops, the military said without elaborating.
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