The United Nations said its staff member Waibhav Anil Kale, 46, was killed in Rafah on Monday in an attack on a U.N. vehicle. The shots that killed the worker “came from a tank in the area,” a spokesman for the U.

Israeli tanks forged deeper into eastern Rafah, reaching some residential districts on Tuesday, stepping up an offensive in the southern border city where more than a million people had been sheltering after being displaced in seven months of war.

Israel and Hamas have been waging war since gunmen from the Palestinian militant group went on the rampage in southern Israel on Oct. 7, killing 1,200 people and capturing 253 hostages. Israel responded with a military campaign in which more than 35,

As deadly fighting between Israel and Hamas continues, so too does a dire humanitarian crisis in the area.

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