Israeli army shelled Rafah, a town in the south of the Gaza Strip. More than 1.3 million Gaza residents, according to the UN, are now refugees in Rafah.
Diplomats are working to achieve a second truce, longer than that of a week in November. Hamas leader Ismaïl Haniyeh, based in Qatar, is expected in Egypt to discuss a proposal drawn up during a meeting at the end of January in Paris between CIA chief William Burns and Egyptian, Israeli and Qatari officials.