According to Arab media sources, the Israeli army began a ground attack on the western parts of the city of Rafah.

These sources said that the attack coincides with the ongoing operation on Khan Yunis, adding that it aims to control the Philadelphia axis and the Rafah crossing.

Israel claimed that there were more than 12 tunnels, which it described as strategic, in Rafah, used to transport weapons into the Gaza Strip from Egypt and Sinai, according to Channel 14 of Israeli television.