Israel strike on 'Hamas compound' housing senior leaders claimed '35 martyrs and left dozens injured'
A Palestinian girl, wounded in an Israel i strike on a camp for displaced Gazans, receives treatment at a hospital in Rafah. Israel claimed that the strike killed senior Hamas figures Yassin Rabia and Khaled Nagar.Hamas and the Palestinian Authority said Israel i strikes on a centre for displaced people killed dozens near the southern city of Rafah on Sunday, while the Israel i army said it had targeted Hamas militants.
It added that it was"aware of reports indicating that as a result of the strike and fire that was ignited, several civilians in the area were harmed. The incident is under review."Israel's army said on Sunday at least eight rockets were fired toward central areas of the country from Rafah, with strikes targeting the commercial hub of Tel Aviv for the first time in months.
Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli strikes killed and wounded at least 50 people in the area, where it said 100 000 displaced people live.Netanyahu vowed to pursue Israel's offensive ahead of a war cabinet meeting amid intense diplomacy to forge a truce and a hostage-release deal. "In order to make peace, we need a strong Palestinian Authority, not a weaker one," said the EU's foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, who met in Brussels with Palestinian prime minister Mohammed Mustafa.
As the war grinds on, the families of hostages still held by militants have piled pressure on Netanyahu to secure a deal to free them.
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