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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Emma Graham-Harrison in Jerusalem

Tanks reach centre of Rafah as attacks mount and Israel’s isolation grows

Tanks reached the middle of Rafah on Tuesday as Israel’s global isolation deepened, with three European countries formally recognising a Palestinian state and the UN security council calling an emergency meeting to discuss the situation in Gaza.

Overnight Israeli forces again attacked the Tel al-Sultan area, where at least 45 people were killed on Sunday by an airstrike and huge fire in an area crowded with refugee tents.

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