Gaza War: Several killed as Israeli air strike hits tent in Rafah

According to the Gaza health ministry, an Israeli airstrike on Saturday struck a tent in Rafah, killing at least 11 Palestinians.

The attack near a hospital in the Tel Al-Sultan neighborhood of Rafah injured an additional fifty persons, according to the Gaza health ministry. A hospital medic was among those who passed away.

According to the Israeli military, its forces killed three more terrorists in Rimal, which is close to Gaza City, eight militants in Khan Younis, and over twenty militants in the central Gaza Strip.

The outbreak of violence was accompanied by anxiety over the Sunday resumed talks on a Gaza truce.

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According to health officials in Hamas-run Gaza, well over a million Palestinians have taken up residence in the Rafah area as they have fled the Israeli operation that has destroyed most of the Gaza Strip and killed over 30,000 people.

According to Israel, the strike on October 7 by the Palestinian militant group resulted in 1,200 deaths and 253 kidnappings in Israel. In response, Israel went on the offensive.

President of the United States Joe Biden expressed his hope that a ceasefire would be in place by the start of Ramadan, which begins on March 10 for Muslims. On Friday, he told reporters, "We're not there yet."

The United Nations has warned that a quarter of the 2.3 million people living in the area Israel is blockading face starvation. This has increased international pressure for a ceasefire.

Israeli airstrikes on Saturday killed three individuals who were in the northern Gaza Strip neighborhood of Beit Hanoun, looking for food in farms, according to reports by local media.

The Gaza Ministry of Health reports that thirteen children have died from starvation and dehydration at the Kamal Adwan hospital in northern Gaza within the past three days.

Biden revealed preparations on Friday to launch the first military airdrop of food and supplies into Gaza, drawing attention once again to the humanitarian crisis following the deaths of Palestinians waiting in line for relief.

Gaza's health authorities said that 115 people had died in the incident on Thursday, blaming Israeli fire for the murders and describing it as a slaughter.

Israel refuted the numbers, claiming that the majority of casualties were stomped or run over.

Egypt and Qatar are two of the mediators that Israel and Hamas have been using for negotiations.