BIG BOMB BLAST HAS BEEN REPORTED IN ISRAEL AT EVENING TODAY. PEOPLE ON X CALLS IT ISLAMIC TERRORISM.
Israel has told tens of thousands more Palestinians to leave Rafah, as it intensifies military operations in southern Gaza.
Flyers dropped from the air and posts on social media told residents in the city's eastern districts to go to al-Mawasi - a narrow coastal area which Israel calls an "expanded humanitarian zone".
Parts of Rafah where the streets were packed with locals and displaced people just days ago, now look like a ghost town.
Israel has said it will proceed with planned operations in Rafah despite the US and other allies warning that a ground offensive could lead to mass civilian casualties and a humanitarian crisis.