Middle East
Israeli forces pound north and south Gaza, battle Hamas in Rafah
Since early May, ground fighting has focused on Rafah, abutting Egypt on Gaza's southern edge, where around half of the enclave's 2.3 million people had been sheltering after fleeing other areas
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