An Israeli airstrike on a house in Gaza's southernmost city of Rafah killed at least nine people, six of them children, hospital authorities said Saturday.
Smoke rises from an explosion during an Israeli military raid in the Nur Shams refugee camp, near the West Bank town of Tulkarem, Saturday, April 20, 2024. An Israeli airstrike on a house in Gaza 's southernmost city of Rafah killed at least nine people, six of them children, hospital authorities said Saturday, as Israel pursued its nearly seven-month offensive in the besieged Palestinian territory.in recent weeks.
This is a world devoid of all human values and morals," Barhoum told The Associated Press, crying as he gently rocked Alaa's body. "They bombed a house full of displaced people, women and children. The only martyrs were women and children." The war was sparked by an unprecedented Oct. 7 raid into southern Israel by Hamas and other groups that left about 1,200 people dead, the vast majority of them civilians, and saw about 250 people kidnapped and taken into Gaza. Israel says about 130 hostages remain in Gaza, although more than 30 have died, either killed on Oct. 7 or in captivity.
Israel also continues to face off with Iran's proxies in the region. It frequently trades rocket and drone attacks across the Lebanese-Israeli border with the Iran-backed Hezbollah militant group. Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels have launched strikes against merchant ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden in what they call a campaign of solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza.
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