At least 28 killed in Israeli attack on Rafah after Netanyahu orders evacuation [Video]

At least 28 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes on Rafah on Saturday morning – just hours after Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered his army to prepare a dual plan to evacuate and attack the region.

Mr Netanyahu has not shared details or a timeline, but the announcement has set off widespread panic in the area that is home to more than half of Gaza’s 2.3 million people.

Early on Saturday morning, Israel launched three airstrikes on homes on the border city, killing 28 people, according to a health official and Associated Press journalists stationed at hospitals.

Each strike killed multiple members of three families, including a total of 10 children, the youngest three months old.

In Khan Younis, the focus of the current ground combat, Israeli forces opened fire at Nasser Hospital, the area’s …