Israeli strike hits Rafah area after Hamas barrage

[Pelican Press 0]

******** strike hits Rafah area after ****** barrage

The ******-run health ministry in Gaza has said dozens of people were ******* or injured in a blast at a ******** camp in the Rafah area.

The ******* Defense Forces (IDF) said it had carried out an air strike targeting a ****** compound in the area. It says it is reviewing the incident.

Earlier in the day ****** fired eight rockets from Rafah towards Tel Aviv, the first long-range attacks on the city since January.

Videos from the southern Gaza Strip show a large ********** and intense fires burning.

****** said an ******** air strike had hit a camp for displaced Palestinians north-west of Rafah, away from recent military operations in a designated humanitarian safe zone.

It says women and children are among the *****.

The IDF said it had targeted ****** militants in the area and said it was aware of reports the strike had ignited a ***** which harmed civilians.

It was reviewing the incident but said it had used precision weapons against legitimate targets.

Earlier on Sunday

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as central ******* came under ******* by ****** rockets, fired from close to Rafah.

The eight rockets were either intercepted by air defence systems or fell in fields.

*******’s military offensive has continued in Rafah, despite the

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The rocket barrage highlights the threat ****** still poses to people across *******, although there were no reports of injuries.

It also illustrates the challenges the ******** army faces as it moves further into southern Gaza to oust ****** from what it calls its “last major stronghold”.

The rocket ******* came ahead of further ceasefire negotiations between ******* and ******, which are expected to resume next week.

The military wing of ****** said it had acted in response to “the massacre of civilians”.

*******’s military campaign in Gaza began after ******-led gunmen attacked ******* on 7 October, ******** about 1,200 people and taking 252 others back to Gaza as hostages.

Nearly 36,000 Palestinians have been ******* in the war since then, according to Gaza’s ******-run health ministry.

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