In photos: Israeli forces seize Gaza's Rafah border crossing
Israeli forces seized control of the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt on Tuesday and tanks pushed into the southern Gazan city of Rafah as international mediators struggled to find agreement on a ceasefire between Israel and its Hamas foe.
Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike on a home in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip.Hatem Khaled/Reuters
Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike on a house in Rafah.Hatem Khaled/Reuters
A Palestinian woman holds a girl wounded in an Israeli strike in the eastern part of Rafah.Hatem Khaled/Reuters
Displaced Palestinians flee Rafah with their belongings to safer areas in the southern Gaza Strip.-/Getty Images
Israel Defense Forces supplied photo shows their military vehicles operating in the Gazan side of the Rafah Crossing,ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES/Reuters
Smoke rises after an Israeli strike in the eastern part of Rafah.Hatem Khaled/Reuters
A Palestinian man watches as smoke rises after Israeli strikes in the eastern part of Rafah.Hatem Khaled/Reuters
A destroyed residential building is inspected by Palestinians in Rafah, Gaza Strip.Ismael Abu Dayyah/The Associated Press
Displaced Palestinians flee Rafah with their belongings to safer areas in the southern Gaza Strip.-/Getty Images
Photo supplied by the Israel Defense Forces show their military operation in the Gazan side of the Rafah Crossing.ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCES/Reuters
A Palestinian man inspects the destruction outside the house of the Derbi family which was struck by Israeli bomb in Rafah's Tal al-Sultan district.-/Getty Images
Displaced Palestinian women flee Rafah with their belongings on a donkey-pulled cart to safer areas in the Gaza Strip.-/Getty Images
Palestinians inspect a house damaged in an Israeli strike in Rafah.Hatem Khaled/Reuters
Palestinians look out of a house damaged in an Israeli strike in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip.Hatem Khaled/Reuters