Gaza, Rafah and Israel
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Israeli fire in Gaza killed at least 17 Palestinians, most of them women and children, hospital officials said Wednesday, after militant gunfire injured an Israeli soldier, said Israel.
Hospitals say six children were among those killed in strikes that Israel's military says it launched after a gun attack on its troops.
The latest bloodshed comes days after Israel reopened the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt — the only exit for Gazans that does not pass through Israel.
Israeli strikes across Gaza killed at least 31 people on Saturday, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, the highest day’s death toll in over two months.
Israel strikes in Gaza kill at least 30 Palestinians, one of the highest tolls since ceasefire began
Hamas called Saturday's strikes "a renewed flagrant violation" and urged the United States and other mediating countries to push Israel to stop the strikes.
Israeli airstrikes in Gaza killed at least 12 people, the Palestinian health ministry said, with children reported to be among the fatalities in the latest violence rattling a
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