Israel pounds central Gaza camps, deepens invasion of Rafah

Mourners pray next to the bodies of Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes due to an Israeli military operation in Rafah, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, June 19, 2024. This handout picture released by the Israeli army on June 18, 2024 shows Israeli army soldiers operating in the Gaza Strip amid the ongoing conflict in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas.

Israeli forces pounded areas in the central Gaza Strip overnight, killing three people and wounding dozens of others, according to medics, while tanks deepened their invasion into Rafah in the south, residents said.