Airstrikes and clashes with Israeli forces in Gaza's Rafah

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday left a cabinet meeting to hold security consultations about a security incident in Gaza's Rafah.

Israeli media is reporting clashes between Hamas fighters and the Israeli military in Rafah. There are also reports about a detonation of an IED that caused damage and injured soldiers in Rafah.

The background to all of this is the presence of an armed militia that was working with the Israeli army during the war, reviled by the Palestinians and possibly wanted by Hamas.

The accusation is that Hamas is trying to encircle that area to get them. We don’t have official confirmation.

The rhetoric Israeli politicians are voicing at the moment is that Hamas has breached the ceasefire and that there must be a swift response by Israel.

Israeli attacks have meanwhile been reported in southern Gaza, with the Israeli public broadcaster Kan saying air attacks were being carried out in Rafah.

The Israeli military claimed that Hamas carried out “multiple attacks” against Israeli forces.