At least two Palestinian civilians, a man and his wife, die in an IDF bombing in Rafah (Gaza)

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MADRID Dec. 29 (EUROPA PRESS) –

At least two Palestinian civilians, a man and his wife, have died and several people have been injured during the early hours of this Sunday after the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) bombed the city of Rafah, in the south of the Strip. from Gaza.

The couple died instantly as a result of an air attack by the Israeli Army that hit their home, located in the Kaf Mirag area, in the north of the aforementioned city, where an unspecified number of people have also suffered injuries. , according to the Palestinian news agency Wafa.

These two deaths take place within the framework of another night of bombing by Israeli forces on different parts of the Palestinian enclave, where late Saturday the death of at least three other civilians was reported in Gaza City, where also numerous injured, including women and children.

The Gaza Ministry of Health, controlled by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), has this Friday raised the death toll to more than 45,484 and 108,090 injured due to the offensive unleashed by Israel against the enclave after the attacks on October 7, 2023, including 48 dead and 52 wounded due to “two massacres” carried out by Israeli troops during the last 24 hours.

However, he stressed that “there are still victims under the rubble and in the streets, given that ambulances and Civil Defense teams cannot reach them,” before adding that the balances only include victims who have been transported. to Gaza hospitals, most of them out of service.

The Israeli Army launched its offensive against Gaza after the attacks carried out on October 7, 2023 by Hamas and other Palestinian groups, which left nearly 1,200 dead and about 250 kidnapped. Likewise, around 810 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces and in settler attacks since then in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.