Heavy fighting reported in Shujaiya and Rafah

Helicopters were seen evacuating Israelis from Rafah and Shujaiya more than once, according to media reports.

"Al-Qassam fighters are engaged in fierce close quarter combat with enemy forces invading the Shujaiya neighbourhood, east of Gaza City, causing deaths and injuries among their ranks, which have been evacuated in helicopters," the Qassam Brigades, Hamas's military wing, published in a statement.