Israel Claims 100 Militants Killed in Gaza

Israeli forces said it killed about 100 Palestinian militants in the southern Gaza city of Rafah over the past few days, according to an Israel's military statement released, along with videos showing what is said to be an elimination of militants in Rafah and weapons found in an apartment, and a weapons pit.

The released statement said soldiers operating in the Shabura district of Rafah "located an armed terrorist cell and, with a precise strike, eliminated them", along with hundreds of militant infrastructure sites.

Mourners held a funeral procession in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah for a Palestinian man killed by Israeli forces in dawn raids.

Israeli forces killed an 18-year-old Palestinian man in dawn raids in the West Bank cities of Ramallah and Al-Bireh, Palestinian hospital sources said, as violence in the Israeli occupied territory simmers.

The Israeli military said it responded with live fire to suspects who threw rocks at soldiers in Ramallah who were demolishing houses of militants responsible for a deadly shooting attack in January.

Israeli forces have killed at least 620 Palestinians in the West Bank and East Jerusalem since the start of the Gaza war, according to Palestinian Health Ministry figures. Many have been armed fighters belonging to militant groups but others have been stone-throwing youths or uninvolved civilians.

Palestinian medics said Israeli military strikes on Khan Youniskilled at least 18 people and wounded several. Meanwhile more families and displaced persons streamed out of areas threatened by new evacuation orders telling people to clear the area.

Israeli forces have flattened Gaza, displaced most of the population and killed around 40,000 people, according to the Palestinian health ministry, in a war that has caused horror around the world.