Israeli airstrike kills 35 in Rafah after Hamas launches rockets at Tel Aviv
by Bethan McKernan in Jerusalem from World news | The Guardian on (#6N2SH)
IDF says strike on tents housing displaced people hit Hamas installation after militants launch first salvo at Israel in months
At least 35 people have been killed after an Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza city of Rafah hit tents housing displaced people, Palestinian medics have said, hours after Hamas launched a barrage of rockets at Tel Aviv for the first time in months.
Footage from the scene showed widespread destruction at the camp with a large fire overtaking the area. The Israeli military said its air force struck a Hamas compound and that the strike was carried out with precise ammunition and on the basis of precise intelligence".
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