Israeli strikes hit Rafah after warning from Biden

Palestinians walk by a residential building destroyed in an Israeli strike in Rafah on Sunday (Hatem Ali/AP)

A series of Israeli strikes hit Rafah on Monday morning, despite warnings from US President Joe Biden not to conduct a military operation in the Gaza border town without a plan to protect civilians.

The Israeli military said it struck “terror targets in the area of Shaboura”, a district in Rafah.