We’ve been covering a wave of Israeli attacks on Rafah, the southern most city in Gaza. Al Jazeera’s Sanad Agency is reporting that at least five Palestinians, including four children and a woman, have been killed in Israeli shelling of a house belonging to the Abdel Aal family in Rafah.
Earlier, we reported on an Israeli attack on a house in the Shaboura refugee camp in central Gaza that killed three people, including a pregnant woman and a child. The targeted house belonged to the Joudeh family, according to Sanad.
This means that in the last few hours alone, Israeli air strikes have killed at least 8 Palestinians in Rafah.
Doctors save baby of pregnant woman killed in Israeli attack
Doctors at the Kuwait Hospital in Rafah have saved the baby of a pregnant woman who was killed in an Israeli attack on the city, the Anadolu news agency reported, citing anonymous health sources.
Palestinian media, which also reported on the incident, said the mother was nine months pregnant when she was killed along with two others late on Saturday. The AFP news agency published photographs of the baby receiving oxygen at the hospital.
Heavy Israeli shelling reported in Deir el-Balah
Israeli forces have shelled Deir el-Balah in central Gaza, according to Palestinian media, forcing people living there to flee the area in the early hours of the morning.
A video posted online, verified by Al Jazeera’s Sanad agency, shows heavy shelling in the vicinity of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah.