Hamas video reveals intense battle in Gaza with Israeli forces

Israel has launched deadly attacks on the southern city of Rafah as the United States warned that a ceasefire deal with Hamas was still some way off. Binyamin Netanyahu vowed to expand the war southwards, claiming that Israel still had not achieved its aim of destroying Hamas and warning that fighters had retreated to the refugee city on the border with Egypt. Rafah, the southernmost city in Gaza, was previously designated a safe zone and is home to more than a million Palestinians who have fled the bombing farther north. Humanitarian agencies have warned of famine and disease spreading. Read the best of our journalism: Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: Find us on Facebook: Find us on Twitter: Find us on Instagram: #hamas #gaza #israel #middleeast