Four killed in strike on Rafah house, Israeli attack helicopters hit Gaza City’s Zeitoun area
Four people have been killed and 16 injured as a result of an overnight Israeli bombing of a residential house in the Tal as-Sultan neighbourhood, west of Rafah city, our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic report.
Israeli helicopter gunships have fired missiles towards the Zeitoun neighbourhood, south of Gaza City, where artillery shelling and gunfire from advancing Israeli military vehicles were also reported.
The Sabra neighbourhood, south of Gaza City, was reported to have been hit by sustained Israeli bombardment overnight.
Palestinian family members react as they gather around a wounded relative as civil defence teams help rescue victims from the destroyed al-Qadri family home, which was struck by Israeli bombardment in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, late on May 7
Many women and children killed in Israeli attacks on Rafah: UN report
A further 109 Palestinians were killed and 296 injured in Israeli attacks on Gaza between Monday and Wednesday afternoon, with many women and children killed in attacks on residential homes in Rafah, according to the UN.
Based on data provided by the territory’s Health Ministry, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said some of the deadliest recent attacks took place in Rafah, including:
- Four children and two women were among nine who died when their house in the Yibna refugee camp – southeast of Rafah – was targeted by Israeli forces.
- Four children and three women were among nine people killed in an Israeli attack on a house located on George Street in eastern Rafah.
- Two children and two women were killed when their house was hit in eastern Rafah’s al-Jnaina neighbourhood.
- A woman and child were killed with at least three others in an Israeli strike on a house in al-Brahma area of western Rafah.
- Five others were killed in two separate attacks on a house and apartments in Rafah’s east and west on Tuesday.
Israeli air attack hits another home in eastern Rafah
The air strike targeted a house in Rafah’s al-Jnaina neighbourhood, our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic are reporting. At the same time, artillery shelling has continued throughout Rafah’s eastern areas, with a municipal building among those hit.
It was not immediately clear if the latest attacks caused any casualties.
Casualties climb as Israeli ground troops push into Gaza City’s Zeitoun
Israel’s military says it is engaged in an active operation in the Zeitoun neighbourhood of Gaza City, with its ground troops working to “secure” the area and air strikes raining down.
So far, Israeli air strikes have hit 25 targets in Zeitoun, including observation and sniper posts, according to a military statement. The Palestinian news agency Wafa reports that Israeli attacks in Zeitoun have hit at least 10 homes, killing or injuring dozens of people.
Many others are still trapped under rubble and rescuers are unable to reach them due to the continuing Israeli operation, Wafa said.
Gaza death toll tops 34,900
The number of people killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since the start of the war has risen to 34,904, according to the latest figures by the Health Ministry in the besieged and bombarded territory.
Another 78,514 people have been wounded over the same period, the ministry said.
The aftermath of Israeli strikes on Rafah homes
Another home bombed in Gaza City
Israeli bombardment has struck a family home in the Sabra neighbourhood of Gaza City, causing casualties, report our colleagues on the ground. Earlier, we reported that Israeli forces were engaged in an active operation in the city’s nearby Zeitoun neighbourhood, where at least 10 homes were struck.
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