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Israeli airstrikes hit Rafah after evacuation order as Hamas warns ceasefire deal under threat

Israeli army tells Palestinians to temporarily evacuate parts of Rafah

Michael Perry

Israel's military carried out airstrikes in Rafah on Monday, residents said, hours after Israel told Palestinians to evacuate parts of the southern Gaza city where more than a million people uprooted by the war have been sheltering.

Fears are growing of a full-blown assault in Rafah, long threatened by Israel, against holdouts of the Palestinian militant group Hamas as ceasefire talks in Cairo stall.