Palestinian emergency personnel rescue the survivors and remove the bodies of those who were trapped under the rubble of a destroyed house, following an Israeli air strike on Rafah. Abed Rahim Khatib/dpa
In the Gaza Strip, 481 people are reported to have died from Israeli rocket attacks in 24 hours, according to the health authority controlled by the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement. In the days before, the number was sometimes significantly higher. In total 7,028 Palestinians have been killed since the start of the latest conflict, 66% of them women and children, according to the authority. The tally was as of 6 pm (1600 GMT) on Thursday, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported on Friday. The information cannot be independently verified. UN or...
