Israel's relentless bombardment of Gaza since Hamas's Oct 7 attack has killed at least 23,843 people, mostly women and children, according to an updated toll on Saturday from the territory's health ministry.
The war, in which Israel has vowed to destroy Hamas, began when the militants launched their unprecedented attack on Israel that resulted in about 1,140 deaths, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on official figures.
At Rafah's Al-Najjar hospital, mourners gathered and prayed around the bodies of slain relatives. One man held the body of a child, wrapped in white cloth, ahead of burial.
Internet and telecommunications services were cut on Friday as a result of Israeli bombardment, the main operator Paltel said, reporting the latest such disruption.
The Palestinian Red Crescent posted that the outage was increasing the challenges in "reaching the wounded and injured promptly".
Winter rains have exacerbated the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza, where the UN estimates 1.9 million - nearly 85 per cent of the population - have been displaced. Many have sought shelter in Rafah and other southern areas.
"It was a harsh and difficult night," said Nabila Abu Zayed, 40, who now lives in a tent at Al-Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis.
"The rain flooded our tent ... We spent the night standing with hundreds of displaced people like us in the corridors of the maternity ward," she told AFP.
"It was very cold and we had no winter clothes or blankets. All of my children are sick."
"There was bombing through the night," said Abu Zayed. "Where will we go?"
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