The death toll from an overnight air strike on a home in northern Rafah has now risen to seven, with four of the victims being children, reports Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abou Azzoum from the southern Gaza district.

Elsewhere in Rafah, especially to the east, there has been a “surge in air strikes and artillery bombardment,” said Abou Azzoum

Israeli military attacks have also intensified in parts of northern Gaza, such as Sheikh Ijlin neighbourhood, as well as central Gaza, where eyewitnesses say there is “constant intensive artillery bombardment”, according to Abou Azzoum.

“A number of casualties have been transferred to al-Aqsa Hospital,” he said.

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