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Video shows Palestinian fighters firing rockets on Israeli forces in Rafah

Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic have obtained and verified a video showing Hamas fighters in southern Gaza targeting Israeli forces said to be based inside a hospital building in Rafah’s Tal as-Sultan neighbourhood.

The video shows Israeli troops inside the upper floors of a building and using holes smashed in the wall as observation points.

Hamas fighters target the Israeli forces with rocket-propelled grenades launched from a nearby building.

Translation: With an anti-fortification “TBG” shell and another antipersonnel … The Qassam [Brigades] targets an Israeli force that has fortified itself inside the “Indonesian” hospital in the Tal as-Sultan neighbourhood, west of Rafah city, south of the Gaza Strip.

IDF using hospitals as military bases...


Three killed in Gaza City attack

An Israeli attack on a house in the Sabra neighbourhood of Gaza City has killed three people and left an unknown number wounded, Al Jazeera Arabic’s correspondent on the ground reports.


Israeli forces launch attacks on Khan Younis, Gaza City

Our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic are reporting that Israeli forces have launched artillery attacks on the Sabra neighbourhood of northern Gaza City and a home in the Maen area in the southern city of Khan Younis.

As we have reported, three people were killed and several wounded in strike on a house in Sabra earlier.