At least 29 Palestinian civilians killed in Israeli raid on residential area in Gaza

At least 29 Palestinian civilians have been killed in an Israeli air strike in a residential area of Rafah in southern Gaza, while a hospital was raided in north Gaza and 10 people were killed in an attack on a refugee camp in that part of the enclave, news outlets reported.

According to reports, tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians have crammed into Rafah on Gaza’s border with Egypt to escape Israeli shellings further north, despite fears that they will also not be safe there.

The attack destroyed three residential buildings in one area. The number of casualties was expected to rise as more bodies were pulled from the rubble, under which people were also trapped.

Separately, at least 10 Palestinians were killed and many more injured in an Israeli air raid on the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Health in the enclave said.