More than 400 Palestinian have been killed in Israel’s relentless bombardment of Gaza in the last 24 hours, TRT World quotes the Palestinian health ministry as saying.

“The Israeli occupation committed 23 massacres in the past 24 hours that left 436 people dead, including 182 children,” the ministry said, adding that it received reports about 1,500 people, including 830 children, who are still under the rubble of demolished buildings.

An elderly woman walks by as Palestinians look for survivors in the rubble after Israeli strikes in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. — AFP
An elderly woman walks by as Palestinians look for survivors in the rubble after Israeli strikes in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. — AFP

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