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Israeli air strikes kill 18 Palestinians in Rafah and Deir al-Balah
3 February 2024 11:06 GMT
Israeli air strikes have killed 18 Palestinians on Saturday, Palestinians health officials announced.
The air strikes struck Rafah and the Deir al-Balah areas of Gaza.
The health officials added that an air strike struck a home in Rafah, killing 14 including women and children.
The attack came after Israel's Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said forces would focus attacks on Rafah, where more than one million forcibly displaced Palestinians are crammed.
Tens of thousands of people have arrived in Rafah in recent days, carrying belongings in their arms and pulling children on carts, since Israeli forces last week launched one of their biggest assaults since the start of the war on Khan Younis.