At least a hundred people died andn Israeli airstrikes on the city of Rafah, located on the southern tip of the Gaza Strip, according to medical sources cited by the official Palestinian news agency Wafa.

According to the statement, the Israeli army attacked the area of ​​the Shabura refugee camp in Rafah early in the morning, while, according to Wafa, Israeli forces carried out “intensive bombing” of several areas of the city, where approximately 1.4 million Palestinian civilians are concentrated, most of whom are internally displaced.

“Health sources in Rafah reported that some “100 citizens were killed, including children and women, and hundreds more were injured,” Vafa reported this.

According to local media reports, fighters made about forty attacks, “The attack is aimed in particular at numerous mosques and houses housing displaced people, as well as intense artillery shelling from warships in the city of Rafah.”

According to Wafa, the explosions “They also targeted areas near the Egyptian border.” Many of the dead and wounded were taken to the Kuwaiti hospital in Rafah, where hundreds of Palestinians fleeing Israeli attacks had also gathered.

Another Israeli attack on a house in the Deir Balach area, in the center of the strip, also caused death of 15 Palestinians.

Two hostages rescued in Rafah

On the other hand, the Israeli army reported rescue of two hostages held by Hamas during a night operation in the Rafah area. Those rescued were taken hostage in the Hamas attack that began the current conflict on October 7.

Two Argentine-Israeli hostages rescued Fernando Simon Marman, 61, and Norberto Luis Har, 70, They are in good health and in “stable condition,” said Sheba Hospital, where they were treated after leaving.

In a statement, the families of both hostages said they were “very excited” for his return after 129 days in captivity, but they asked for privacy and time so that they could both adapt to the new reality.

Fernando Simon Marman and Norberto Luis Har were taken hostage. with Clara Marman, 62 years old, sister of Fernando and partner of Norberto; In addition to his sister Gabriela Leimberg, 59, and her daughter Mia Leimberg, 17.

Both the Leimbergs and Clara Marman were released on November 28. as part of a temporary one-week ceasefire brokered by Qatar and the United States between Hamas and Israel, a week-long truce that allowed the exchange of 105 hostages for 240 Palestinian prisoners.

They remain within the sector On October 7, 130 hostages were kidnapped. of whom it is estimated that about thirty will die; in addition to the four prisoners Hamas had held in the enclave for years, including two dead soldiers.

The Argentine government thanked the Israeli security forces for “having successfully completed the rescue” two Argentine-Israeli hostages.

Attack on Rafah after Biden and Netanyahu call

The Israeli attack on Rafah came just hours after US President Joe Biden asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin NetanyahuWe will refrain from a military offensive on Rafah without a plan to guarantee the safety of civilians.

In a telephone conversation that both leaders had this SundayBiden called for urgent and concrete measures improve the efficiency and consistency of humanitarian assistance to innocent Palestinian civilians.

“Military operation in Rafah should not be carried out without a reliable and executable plan to ensure the safety and support of the more than one million people sheltering there,” Biden said during the call, according to a White House statement.

Rafah is an area of ​​Gaza that Israel has declared safe. As the offensive progressed in the north and center of the enclave, the Israeli army ordered the evacuation of civilians and masses of them converged on Rafah, although attacks there continued throughout these months.

Netanyahu assured this Sunday that Israel is determined to carry out a ground offensive on Rafah. while international pressure is growing, warning against the operation.

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Since the start of the war more than four months ago, the offensive on Gaza has led to More than 28,100 Palestinians died.

(according to information from EFE And Europe Press)