Gaza - June 30, 2024

Israeli forces continued to advance into the northern Gaza neighbourhood of Shejaia and also pushed into the western and central areas of Rafah in the south, killing at least six Palestinians and destroying several homes, according to residents.

Israeli tanks, which re-entered Shejaia four days ago, fired shells at several houses, leaving families trapped inside and unable to leave, residents said.

At the start of the weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated his position that there was no substitute for achieving victory in the war against Hamas.

"Our forces are operating in Rafah, Shejaia, in all parts of the Gaza Strip. Dozens of terrorists are being eliminated every day. This is a difficult fight that is being fought on the ground, sometimes in hand-to-hand combat, and also underground," Netanyahu said.

The Israeli army said forces operating in Shejaia had killed several Palestinian gunmen the previous day. Israeli forces located military infrastructure inside a UN school and discovered dozens of weapons and "valuable intelligence documents", the military also said.

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1. Various images of Gaza from the border with Israel.