Overnight Israeli strikes increase numbers leaving southern city for ‘humanitarian zone’ on coastIsrael-Gaza war – live updatesThousands of people have fled Rafah amid deep international concern that an Israeli military attack on Gaza’s southernmost city is imminent and a new, bloody phase in the conflict is beginning.International leaders have scrambled to dissuade Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, from ordering a full-scale assault on the city, which aid agencies say would cause a... Read this story