Overnight Israeli strikes on Rafah kill scores of Palestinians

Israel launched air strikes on Rafah in southern Gaza on Sunday night, killing scores of Palestinians and stoking fears of an imminent offensive on the area densely packed with displaced people.

The attacks targeted 14 homes and three mosques in Rafah, Palestinian officials said.

Hamas said around 100 people had been killed on the strikes, with the Palestinian health ministry saying at least 67 were slain.

The Israeli military said it had "conducted a series of strikes on terror targets in the area of Shaboura in the southern Gaza Strip".

It also said it freed two captives taken by Hamas in its 7 October attack in an overnight operation in Rafah. The captives were identified as Fernando Simon Marman and Louis Har, and are both in good condition, Israeli officials said.

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