Israeli jets pound Rafah

Israeli jets pummelled Rafah with a series of air strikes on Wednesday morning, as attacks on the small border town increased in recent days, according to local media reports. 

Rafah, which now shelters over 1.3 Palestinians displaced from elsewhere in Gaza, was previously designated a "safe" area by the Israeli army. 

However, the Israeli military is reportedly preparing plans to invade the city, which would put the lives of hundreds of thousands of civilians at risk according to aid workers. 

There were no immediate reports of casualties from the Wednesday air strikes while the scale of Tuesday night's raids is still being assessed.