Local news agency reports more than 100 people have been killed and hundreds more injured as the Israeli army launched attacks from air, sea and land on the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah and surrounding areas.

当地新闻机构报道说，以色列军队从空中、海上和陆地对加沙地带南部城市拉法及其周边地区发动袭击，造成100多人死亡，数百人受伤。

The city, in southern Gaza near the Egyptian border, is the last safe zone where 1.2 million displaced Palestinians have been sheltering for the past weeks.

这座城市位于加沙南部，靠近埃及边境，是120万流离失所的巴勒斯坦人在过去几个星期里避难的最后一个安全区。

Arab countries earlier warned Israel against an assault on Rafah.

阿拉伯国家早些时候警告以色列不要袭击拉法。

Hamas has said it could end negotiations for prisoner swaps if Israel continues ground operations on the city.

哈马斯曾表示，如果以色列继续对这座城市进行地面行动，它可能会结束交换囚犯的谈判。