Israel steps up Rafah bombing as tanks try to push west

A Palestinian worker walks amid debris at a water desalination plant that was hit during a strike in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip on June 7, 2024.

With no sign of progress in mediators' efforts to reach a cease-fire in the Gaza war, Israeli forces pounded Rafah from the air and ground overnight as tanks tried to advance further west, residents said.