Several people were killed and wounded after Israeli forces launched air and artillery attacks on the cities of Gaza and Rafah overnight, Al Jazeera reports citing Wafa news agency.

Wafa did not give an exact toll for the attacks.

It reported deaths and injuries from Israeli air raids on homes in Gaza City’s Daraj neighbourhood and Old City, as well as artillery shelling of areas near the University College in the Sabra neighbourhood.

In Rafah, it said several people were wounded and several homes destroyed when Israeli forces carried air raids on the city’s Brazil neighbourhood.

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