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Israeli air strike from Gaza hostage rescue wipes out Palestinian man’s family in Rafah
- Palestinian man says lost eight members of his family in strikes on Rafah on Monday
- Dozens of Palestinians died in bombardment that coincided with hostage extraction
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Ibrahim Hasouna trudged over the rubble of the destroyed house, pointing out where family moments had taken place – where his mother and sister-in-law used to sleep, where he played with his 5-year-old nieces, where he helped his 1-year-old nephew take his first steps.
His entire family was now dead – his parents, his two brothers, and the wife and three children of one of those brothers.
The house was reduced to rubble on top of them in the barrage of air strikes that Israeli warplanes inflicted across Rafah before dawn Monday as cover for troops rescuing two hostages elsewhere in the town on the southern Gaza border.
At least 74 Palestinians were killed in the bombardment, which flattened large swathes of buildings and tents sheltering families who had fled to Rafah from across Gaza.
Among the dead were 27 children and 22 women, according to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, whose researchers compiled the list from Rafah hospitals.
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