Dozens Killed as Israeli Airstrikes Devastate Rafah
Israel’s airstrikes on the Gaza Strip have reportedly brought the death toll in the enclave to over 28,000. Israel vows it will not end the war until it achieves 'total victory' against Hamas.
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00:00 Maie Al-Najjar is among several young children receiving urgent treatment in a hospital in
00:06 the Gazan city of Rafah.
00:08 But while she escaped with her life, her father was less fortunate.
00:12 "We were in the tent, me and my family, and the bullets came at us.
00:19 My father went to see what was going on, and he found two bullets in the tent.
00:24 The bullet hit him and he was crying.
00:27 We were all shocked."
00:29 He was one of over 70 people Palestinian TV reports say were killed overnight in Israeli
00:35 airstrikes on Monday.
00:37 "They killed my family while they were sleeping.
00:40 I was sleeping and I saw them, and I started to run after them.
00:44 I couldn't recognize my family.
00:46 I recognized them from their toes, their hands."
00:49 This latest attack by Israel is part of an ongoing campaign which started four months
00:55 ago.
00:56 The group says it intends to eliminate Hamas, the militant group that governs the Gaza Strip.
01:02 The Israeli military rescued two civilian hostages during the mission on Rafah.
01:07 There were hugs and tears of relief as they reunited with their families on the outskirts
01:12 of the Israeli city Tel Aviv on Tuesday.
01:16 "It was very emotional to see them, to hug them, to feel them.
01:21 It feels almost unreal."
01:23 The hostages were among a group taken by Hamas militants who raided Israel on October 7 last
01:29 year, during which some 1,200 people died.
01:34 That attack led to Israel's campaign to destroy Hamas in the Gaza Strip, killing over 28,000
01:40 Palestinians, mostly women and children, according to reports.
01:44 International organizations have condemned Israel's latest actions in Rafah, where some
01:50 1.5 million Palestinians are sheltering from the fighting.
01:54 On Tuesday, the United Nations Human Rights Office called for a ceasefire.
02:00 "The prospect of such an operation into Rafah risks further atrocity crimes.
02:06 The world must not allow this to happen.
02:09 Those with influence must restrain rather than enable.
02:13 There must be an immediate ceasefire."
02:16 Israel has said it will not end the war until it achieves total victory over Hamas.
02:21 But with buildings reduced to rubble, family members lost and hopes for survival diminishing,
02:27 for the people living in the Gaza Strip, an end to the conflict could not come soon enough.
02:34 Chris Ma and Sally Jensen for Taiwan Plus.
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