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Sun 22 Feb 2026 9:19 am - Jerusalem Time

Widespread Military Escalation: Intense Raids on Rafah and Artillery Shelling Targeting Northern and Eastern Gaza

The Gaza Strip witnessed a series of intense military attacks at dawn on Sunday, as occupation aircraft carried out widespread airstrikes targeting various areas in the city of Rafah, in the far south of the Strip, causing widespread destruction and a state of panic among residents.

In the northern areas, field sources reported that the occupation's military vehicles directly opened fire with their machine guns towards citizens in the Al-Razan area, located within the Beit Lahia project, which hindered the movement of residents in that targeted area.

Concurrently, the occupation's artillery expanded its targeting to include the eastern neighborhoods of Gaza City, where loud explosions resulting from heavy shelling were heard, amidst the ongoing military escalation affecting all governorates of the Strip from north to south.

Occupation forces launched intense airstrikes on the city of Rafah in the southern Strip, while its vehicles simultaneously opened fire towards citizens in the north.

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Widespread Military Escalation: Intense Raids on Rafah and Artillery Shelling Targeting Northern and Eastern Gaza

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