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Israeli strikes on Rafah kill at least 22; truce hopes rise

Israeli strikes on Rafah kill at least 22; Gaza truce hopes rise
MENA
18 min read
One Israeli strike on Rafah has killed eight people, including a 33-year-old father and his five-day-old boy, according to hospital records.

Israeli airstrikes on the southern Gaza city of Rafah have killed at least 22 people, including six women and five children, Palestinian health officials say, with one of those killed just five days old.

The overnight strikes hit three family homes. The first killed 11 people, including four siblings aged nine to 27, according to records at the Abu Yousef Al-Najjar Hospital, where the bodies were taken.

The second strike killed eight people, including a 33-year-old father and his five-day-old boy, according to hospital records, while a third strike killed three siblings, aged 23, 19, and 12.

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