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At least 15 killed in Israeli airstrikes on Rafah

Xinhua | Updated: 2024-04-29 09:45

Palestinian children inspect the site of an Israeli strike on a house, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, April 27, 2024. [Photo/Agencies]

GAZA -- At least 15 Palestinians were killed Sunday night in Israeli airstrikes on three residential buildings in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, Palestinian official news agency Wafa reported on Monday.

Many others were still trapped under the rubble, local sources told Xinhua, adding that civil defense crews were working to rescue them.

The Israeli army killed 66 Palestinians and wounded 138 others during the past 24 hours, bringing the total death toll to 34,454 and injuries to 77,575 since the Israeli-Palestinian conflict broke out on Oct 7, 2023, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said in a statement on Sunday.

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