Gaza official says Israeli strike kills nine family members in Rafah

A Palestinian woman salvages belongings from the rubble of a house hit by overnight Israeli bombing in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday, April 20, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Hamas movement. - AFP

RAFAH, Palestinian Territories (AFP): Gaza's civil defence agency said Saturday an overnight Israeli strike killed nine members of a Palestinian family including six children in the southern city Rafah.

Five children aged one to seven and a 16-year-old girl were among the dead, along with two women and a man, according to the city's Al Najjar hospital.