The Latest | Blasts and gunfire heard near Rafah crossing, still closed under Israeli control

The Rafah border crossing in southern Gaza was still closed Wednesday, a day after an Israeli tank brigade captured the main entry point for vital humanitarian aid. The United Nations says northern Gaza is already in a “full-blown famine.”

Israel said it reopened the Kerem Shalom crossing between Gaza and Israel early Wednesday. However, the U.N. World Food Program says no aid has entered and there is no one to receive it on the Palestinian side.

Associated Press journalists heard...