At least six children were killed in the latest Israeli attack on Rafah, and many more are trapped under the rubble, according to witnesses and media reports.
Israeli forces bombed a residential building in the southern Gaza town of Rafah, according to a witness and media reports, killing at least 14 Palestinians and burying many others under the rubble.
Saturday night’s attack came hours after an Israeli drone attack on tents housing displaced Palestinians in Rafah left at least 11 people dead.
The latest attack in Rafah reduced a four-story building in the Al Salam neighborhood to rubble, according to witnesses.
At least six children were killed and dozens more were injured, the Wafa news agency reported.
Ahmed Radwan, a rescue worker, said the struck building housed civilians and included people displaced by Israel’s ongoing attack on Gaza.
“We managed to evacuate several bodies and rescue several injured people, but many more civilians – women and children are still under the rubble,” he told Tel Aviv Tribune.
“We have limited and limited resources. As this war enters its sixth month, there is no more fuel to operate search and rescue equipment. We need heavy equipment to help rescue women and children from the rubble, but unfortunately we do not have the capacity,” he said.
“We have to use our hands and old light equipment to pull the victims out of the rubble. »
Wafa also reported air attacks on the southern town of Khan Younis as well as attacks on the Jabalia and Nuseirat refugee camps in the northern and central Gaza Strip.
Several people were killed and injured in Jabalia and Nuseirat, but did not provide an exact toll.
The continued attacks on Gaza come as Israeli forces also launch raids in the occupied West Bank, including in the town of Tulkarem, the towns of Azzun and Jayyous near the town of Qalqilya, and the Al-Arroub refugee camp. north of the city of Hebron. .
Two men were questioned and one was briefly detained, Wafa reported.
In total, at least 30,320 Palestinians have been killed and 71,533 injured since Israel launched its war on Gaza on October 7. Israel’s devastating offensive and blockade of Gaza has destroyed much of the coastal enclave and left some 2.3 million people on the brink of famine. .
Israeli forces opened fire on starving Palestinians trying to reach a humanitarian convoy on Thursday, killing at least 118 people.
The attack sparked global outrage and led the United States to carry out airdrops of food aid on Gaza. Jordanian forces also took part in the operation.
Global efforts to end the conflict continue, with a senior US official saying a framework for a six-week pause in fighting is in place.
The official told reporters that “the Israelis have more or less accepted it” and that “the responsibility currently lies with Hamas,” the armed group that governs Gaza.
The Reuters news agency, citing two Egyptian security sources, said delegations from Israel and Hamas were expected to arrive in Cairo on Sunday for talks.
