Palestinians Mourn Dead After Israeli Airstrikes

Palestinians mourn their dead, following overnight Israeli airstrikes on al-Mawasi area of Gaza's Rafah, in which at least seven people were killed and several were wounded according to the Palestinian ministry of health.

Mourners gathered at a cemetery in Khan Younis to bid farewell to their loved ones as they laid them to rest in the ground.

Some eight months into the war, there has been no sign of let up in the fighting as efforts by international mediators, backed by the United States, have so far failed to persuade Israel and Hamas to agree to a ceasefire.

Israel's ground and air campaign was triggered when Hamas-led militants stormed into southern Israel on October 7, killing around 1,200 people and seizing more than 250 hostages, according to Israeli tallies. About 120 hostages remain in Gaza.

The Israeli military said aid into Gaza had not been impeded by the damage.

Israel's ground offensive in Rafah forced most of the population, including those who sought shelter there from previous months of the war, to head northwards.

Meanwhile the head of Lebanon's Hezbollah said  that nowhere in Israel would be safe if a full-fledged war breaks out between the two foes, and he also threatened Cyprus and other parts of the Mediterranean.

In a televised address, Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said "there will be no place safe from our missiles and our drones" in Israel in the event of a broader war.

Nasrallah also threatened Cyprus for the first time, saying it had been allowing Israel to use its airports and bases for military exercises.

The offensive has left Gaza in ruins, killed more than 37,400 people, according to Palestinian health authorities, and left much of the population homeless and destitute.