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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05...-gaza-hamas-fires-rockets-to-israel/103895778
Gaza's Health Ministry said women and children made up most of the dead and dozens of wounded.
The strike took place in Tel Al-Sultan neighbourhood in western Rafah on Sunday, local time, where thousands of people were taking shelter after many fled the eastern areas of the city where Israeli forces began a ground offensive over two weeks ago.
A Palestinian health official told Reuters dozens of Palestinians were killed and wounded while Ismail Al-Thawabta, the director of the Hamas-run Gaza government media office, put the number of deaths at 35.
The strike came two days after the International Court of Justice ordered Israel to end its military offensive in Rafah, where more than half of Gaza's population had sought shelter before Israel's recent incursion. Tens of thousands of people remain in the area while many others have fled.
- In short: Israeli air strikes have killed at least 35 Palestinians and wounded dozens in an area in the southern Gazan city of Rafah designated for the displaced, Palestinian officials said.
- The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said the death toll was likely to rise as search and rescue efforts continued in Rafah's Tal al-Sultan neighbourhood about 2 kilometres north-west of the city centre.
- The air strike was reported hours after Hamas fired a barrage of rockets from Gaza for the first time in months.
Gaza's Health Ministry said women and children made up most of the dead and dozens of wounded.
The strike took place in Tel Al-Sultan neighbourhood in western Rafah on Sunday, local time, where thousands of people were taking shelter after many fled the eastern areas of the city where Israeli forces began a ground offensive over two weeks ago.
A Palestinian health official told Reuters dozens of Palestinians were killed and wounded while Ismail Al-Thawabta, the director of the Hamas-run Gaza government media office, put the number of deaths at 35.
The strike came two days after the International Court of Justice ordered Israel to end its military offensive in Rafah, where more than half of Gaza's population had sought shelter before Israel's recent incursion. Tens of thousands of people remain in the area while many others have fled.
