Israeli airstrike on Rafah kills two Palestinians

GAZA: Israeli drones Friday evening targeted a gathering of people in the Rafah governorate in the southern Gaza Strip, killing two people, according to medical sources. They said that medics evacuated the bodies of two people who were killed in the drone airstrike on the Zaghloul junction, northwest of Rafah, to the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younes. Israel has proceeded with its genocidal offensive on the war-torn Strip in complete disregard of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which ordered Israel in a legally binding decision to halt its military offensive in Rafah, which may violate its obligations under the Genocide Convention. Israel has been waging a devastating war on Gaza since October 7, killing at least 39,175 Palestinians and injuring over 90,403 others. Moreover, at least 10,000 people are unaccounted for, presumed dead under the rubble of their homes throughout the Strip. Palestinian and international organizations say that the majority of those killed and wounded are women and childr en. The Israeli aggression has also resulted in the forceful displacement of nearly two million people from all over the Gaza Strip, with the vast majority of the displaced forced into the densely crowded southern city of Rafah near the border with Egypt - in what has become Palestine's largest mass exodus since the 1948 Nakba. Source: Palestine news & Information Agency - WAFA