ISRAELI air strikes on two of Gaza’s historic refugee camps killed at least 17 people today as tanks pushed deeper into Rafah, according to residents and medics.

Civilians reported heavy attacks from both the sky and the ground in several areas of the southern city, where millions of people had taken refuge in recent months after Israel declared it a safe zone.

A father of six from the region told Reuters: “Rafah is being bombed without any intervention from the world, the occupation [Israel] is acting freely here.