Gaza hospital officials say an Israeli airstrike on a residential building in the territory's southernmost city of Rafah has killed at least nine people, six of them children. The strike late Friday came as Israel pursues its nearly seven-month offensive against the Hamas militant group in Gaza.
A young Palestinian wounded in the Israel i bombardment of the Gaza Strip is brought to the Kuwaiti Hospital in Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip , early Saturday, April 20, 2024. A Palestinian wounded in the Israel i bombardment of the Gaza Strip is brought to the Kuwaiti Hospital in Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip , early Saturday, April 20, 2024.
At the hospital, relatives cried and hugged the bodies of the children, wrapped in white shrouds, as others comforted them. The Gaza Health Ministry said Saturday the bodies of 37 people killed by Israeli strikes were brought to hospitals in Gaza over the past 24 hours. Hospitals also received 68 wounded, it said. The latest figures bring the overall Palestinian death toll from the Israel-Hamas war to at least 34,049, and the number of wounded to 76,901, the ministry said.
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