IDF says senior Hamas commander Rafa Salama killed in Israeli air strike

The Hamas-run health ministry said that Israel's strike killed at least 90 Palestinians and injured 289 others.

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The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza said that Israel's strike hit a camp for displaced people in a designated humanitarian zone in Khan Younis, killing at least 90 Palestinians and injuring 289 others.

Israel has said the strike was targeting senior Hamas leaders, but Hamas says the claim is "false" and serves to "justify" the attack.

Eyewitnesses said they saw at least five "big warplanes bombing in the middle of Al Mawasi area, west of Khan Younis".

Most of the injured were sent to the nearby Nasser hospital.

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