Israeli strikes on Rafah kill 19 Palestinians, including children
At least 19 Palestinians, including small children, have been killed in the latest Israeli airstrikes on the southern city of Rafah, as the regime continues its brutal war against the besieged Gaza Strip. | According to local sources and video footage verified by Al Jazeera, the civilians were killed after Israeli warplanes targeted a house east of Rafah on Wednesday. ● Earlier, footage showed the bodies of three children killed in the Israeli attack arriving at Abu Youssef Al Najjar Hospital in the city. Rafah has been packed with tens of thousands of displaced civilians. Israeli airstrikes have been pounding locations across Gaza, including southern parts that Israel had declared as safe zones. Homes, hospitals, cemetery targeted: Meanwhile, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says the occupying regime’s artillery has targeted residential buildings, a cemetery and hospitals in Khan Yunis over the past two days, as the southern Gaza Strip is reeling under heavy Israeli bombardment. “Initial reports and video footage show that much of the al-Namsawi cemetery was destroyed and graves empty with some corpses reportedly missing,” the OCHA said.
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