🔴 Live: Gaza officials call Israeli airstrike on Rafah displacement centre a 'massacre'

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Israel-Hamas war

Gaza officials said Israeli strikes on a centre for displaced people killed dozens in a "massacre" near the southern city of Rafah on Sunday, while the Israeli army said it had targeted Hamas militants. The health ministry in the Hamas-run territory said in a statement that the strikes "claimed the lives of 35 martyrs and left dozens injured, most of them children and women". Read our liveblog for all the latest developments on the Israel-Hamas war.

Issued on: 27/05/2024 - 01:37Modified: 27/05/2024 - 01:40

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Des volutes de fumée s'élèvent après un bombardement israélien à Rafah, dans le sud de la bande de Gaza, le 25 mai 2024.

Summary:

Rocket sirens sounded across central Israel, including in Tel Aviv, for the first time in months on Sunday, as Hamas claimed to have fired a barrage of rockets from Gaza. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.
Aid trucks from Egypt began entering the Gaza Strip on Sunday through the Israeli-controlled Kerem Shalom crossing, state-linked media Al-Qahera News reported. Egypt has refused to coordinate aid through the crossing at Rafah as long as Israeli troops control the Palestinian side.
Witnesses reported heavy shelling in the southern city of Rafah early Sunday, reported AFP, two days after the International Court of Justice ordered Israel to halt military operations there.
At least 35,984 Palestinians have been killed and 80,643 wounded in Israel’s war in Gaza, according to the health ministry in the Hamas-run territory. Some 1,170 people were killed in the Hamas-led October 7 attacks and 250 people were taken hostage, according to Israeli figures, with 132 still missing.

Yesterday's key developments:

An Israeli official told AFP Saturday that the government had an "intention" to renew "this week" talks aimed at reaching a hostage release deal in Gaza, after a meeting in Paris between US and Israeli officials.
Israel bombed the Gaza Strip, including Rafah, on Saturday, despite an order from the UN's top court for it to "immediately halt" its military offensive in the southern city.

About casualty figures from Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry:

Gaza’s health ministry collects data from the enclave’s hospitals and the Palestinian Red Crescent. For more on the health ministry’s casualty figures, click here.

(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP & Reuters)