Airstrikes on Rafah amid renewed efforts to broker Gaza ceasefire talks
by Bethan McKernan in Jerusalem from World news | The Guardian on (#6ME2P)
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At least 22 people have been killed in airstrikes on Rafah, as Hamas and Israel face pressure to engage in what are seen as last-chance ceasefire talks before a threatened Israeli ground invasion into the southernmost part of the Gaza Strip.
Strikes that hit three houses in the city next to the Egyptian border on Monday injured many more people, while in Gaza City, the bombing of two buildings killed another four people and wounded several more, medics said.
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