Fierce fighting in Gaza as more civilians set to leave

1. Gaza has witnessed fierce fighting overnight – with a live feed capturing sounds of explosions and bright flames on the horizon
2. The Israeli military says it’s killed dozens of Hamas fighters – having earlier said its troops had broken through the group’s defensive lines
3. More civilians are expected to leave Gaza via the Rafah crossing today; the UN says more than 400 people used the crossing yesterday for the first time since the war broke out
4. Responding to a heckler during a speech, US President Joe Biden said there had to be a “pause” in fighting to facilitate the release of Hamas’s hostages
5. Israel has been bombing Gaza since the 7 October Hamas attacks that killed 1,400 people, with 239 people kidnapped as hostages
6. The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says more than 8,700 people have been killed since Israel’s retaliatory bombing began

Source: BBC