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

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

Three countries recognise Palestinian state and UN calls emergency meeting amid international horror at Israel’s offensive

Middle East crisis – live updates

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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