RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Gaza hospital officials say an Israeli airstrike on a home in the territory’s southernmost city of Rafah has killed at least nine people, six of them children. Israel’s nearly seven-month offensive against Hamas militants in the Palestinian territory has led to a dramatic escalation of tensions in the Middle East, notably between Israel and Iran. Now attention is returning to Rafah, which hosts more than half of Gaza’s population of about 2.3 million. Most of them were displaced by fighting elsewhere. Israel has vowed to push a ground offensive into Rafah, despite international warnings against it.
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