Dozens martyred in Israeli strikes on Rafah

While the Israeli army claimed it had targeted Hamas militants, Hamas and the Palestinian Authority claimed that Israeli strikes on a centre for displaced people near the southern city of Rafah killed dozens of people.
The strikes “claimed the lives of 35 martyrs and left dozens injured, most of them children and women,” according to a statement released by the health ministry in the territory controlled by Hamas.

The strike, which was described as a “horrific massacre” by the government media office in Gaza, which is administered by Hamas, earlier targeted a UN agency for Palestinian refugees centre close to Rafah.
Both top Hamas officials in the occupied West Bank, Yassin Rabia and Khaled Nagar, were killed when Israel’s army claimed that its aircraft “struck a Hamas compound in Rafah”.

It also stated that it was “aware of reports indicating that several civilians in the area were harmed as a result of the strike and fire that was ignited.” The event is being investigated.”
According to the Israeli army, on Sunday, at least eight rockets were fired from Rafah towards the country’s centre, striking Tel Aviv, the nation’s commercial centre, for the first time in several months.
The epicentre of fighting has been Rafah, where the Israeli military began a ground offensive in early May in spite of strong opposition due to worries about the people who were seeking cover there.