Israeli Attack On Rafah Kills Civilians, Number Of Casualties In Gaza Increases To 34,488 People

Israeli military land operations in Gaza. (Source: Israel Defense Forces)

JAKARTA - Israel's attack on the Gaza Strip again caused casualties and injuries to civilians increased as efforts to negotiate between Hamas and Israel continued with mediators in Egypt and Qatar.

Israel's attack on the southern city of Rafah of Gaza killed about 25 Palestinians and injured many others, medics said on Monday.

In Gaza City, north of the Gaza Strip, Israeli warplanes attacked two houses, killing at least four people and injuring several people, health officials said. Attacks on other houses killed two brothers, they added.

At a hospital in Rafah, relatives of the victims who died as a result of an Israeli attack came carrying bodies for burial. Women and men cry as they say goodbye to their relatives who were killed in white and black cloth.

His name is Defif-Allah (meaning a guest in Arabic) and he is indeed a guest. He came as a guest after (his parents) had been missing him for a long time, after 10 years," said Abu Taha while holding the body. his baby boy, wrapped in a white cloth, in his arms.

"Tten people (killed), mothers, daughters, grandchildren, grandchildren, son-in-law, daughters-in-law, daughters and relatives, all of them. Everything is gone, the ten," Abu Taha said. April 29th.

The attack on Rafah, where more than one million people sought refuge from Israeli bombings for months, came hours before Egypt was scheduled to host leaders of the Hamas Islamic group to discuss the prospect of a ceasefire agreement with Israel.

The Israeli military said it was examining the report.

Meanwhile, the WAFA Palestinian News Agency reported that medical sources confirmed on Monday that the death toll of Palestinians as a result of the Israeli deadly attack jumped to 34,488, while injuries increased to 77,643 people.

It is known that the attack on Rafah, which Israel says is the last Hamas stronghold in the Gaza Strip, has been anticipated for weeks, with the nation's wages, including the United States, and the United Nations having expressed concern that the action could result in a humanitarian catastrophe, given the number of refugees crammed into the area.

Israel itself pledged to eradicate Hamas, which controls Gaza, saying there are still Hamas battalions in Rafah City.

The war has displaced most of the 2.3 million residents and destroyed most of the Palestinian enclave.