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Palestinian medics say Israeli airstrikes kill 35 in Gaza's Rafah
Updated On: 27 May, 2024 01:16 PM IST | Deir Al-Balah (Gaza Strip) | mid-day online correspondent
Defence Minister Yoav Gallant was in Rafah on Sunday and was briefed on the "deepening of operations" there, his office said
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Relatives and supporters of Israelis taken hostage by Palestinian militants in Gaza in the October 7 attacks shield themselves from a police water cannon during a demonstration calling for their release in the central city of Tel Aviv on May 26, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict in the Gaza Strip between Israel and the Palestinian militant Hamas group. Pic/AFP
Palestinian health officials reported that at least 35 people had died as a result of Israeli bombings that damaged makeshift shelters in the southern Gaza city of Rafah and trapped "numerous" more individuals under blazing rubble. According to Gaza`s Health Ministry, the majority of the wounded and deceased were women and children. Sunday`s attacks occurred two days after Israel was ordered by the International Court of Justice to cease its military offensive in Rafah, the area where over half of Gaza`s inhabitants sought refuge before Israel`s incursion earlier this month. Many have gone, leaving tens of thousands of people in the region. Heavy damage was shown in a video captured from the location of the biggest airstrike. Israel`s army confirmed the strike and said it hit a Hamas installation and killed two senior Hamas militants. It said it was investigating reports that civilians were harmed. Defence Minister Yoav Gallant was in Rafah on Sunday and was briefed on the "deepening of operations" there, his office said.
According to a representative of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, while search and rescue operations persist in Rafah`s Tal al-Sultan neighbourhood, situated around two kilometres northwest of the city centre, the number of fatalities is expected to increase. The group claimed that Israel has declared the region to be a "humanitarian area". The suburb is not among the locations that were ordered to be evacuated earlier this month by the Israeli military. After almost seven months of Israel`s huge air, sea, and military offensive, Hamas demonstrated resilience by firing a volley of missiles from Gaza, setting off air raid sirens as far away as Tel Aviv for the first time in months. Hours later, the airstrike was confirmed. There were no reports of casualties in what appeared to be the first long-range rocket attack from Gaza since January. Hamas` military wing claimed responsibility. Israel`s military said eight projectiles crossed into Israel after being launched from Rafah and "a number" were intercepted, and the launcher was destroyed.
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