Israeli airstrike kills at least 22 people in Rafah, Palestinian medics say
LA TimesMourners attend the funeral of Michel Nisenbaum, who was killed during Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack and whose body was taken into Gaza, Sunday in Ashkelon, Israel. Palestinian medics said an Israeli airstrike killed at least 22 people Sunday when it hit tents for displaced people in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. Palestinian militants have sporadically fired rockets and mortar rounds at communities along the Gaza border, and the military arm of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group later Sunday said it fired rockets at nearby communities. Earlier Sunday, aid trucks entered Gaza from southern Israel under a new agreement to bypass the Rafah crossing with Egypt after Israeli forces seized the Palestinian side of it this month. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said his country must take over Rafah to eliminate Hamas’ remaining battalions and achieve “total victory” over the militants, who recently regrouped in other parts of Gaza where the military has operated.