Israeli military on Friday morning strikes on two homes in Rafah in southern Gaza have killed at least eight people and injured 18 more, reports Al Jazeera.
The Palestinian Information Center reports that the apartment blocks were owned by the al-Sayyid family and were located west of the Kuwaiti Hospital in central Rafah.
More than half of Gaza’s 2.3 million population has been driven by Israel’s military offensive toward the border with Egypt. Unable to leave the tiny Palestinian territory, many are living in makeshift tent camps or overflowing U.N.-run shelters.
The Palestinian death toll from the war has surpassed 27,000 people, the Health Ministry in Gaza said. A quarter of Gaza’s residents are starving.
The war began with Hamas’ Oct. 7 assault into Israel, in which militants killed some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducted around 250. Hamas is still holding over 130 hostages, but around 30 of them are believed to be dead.
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