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May 8, 2024 Israel-Hamas war

Four people were killed and around two dozen others were injured in Israeli airstrikes in the Tal Al Sultan neighborhood in western Rafah on Wednesday, according to the Al Kuwaiti hospital.

The four deceased bodies and more than 25 injured people have arrived at the hospital, which is located in central Rafah.

Al Kuwaiti hospital also said most of those injured are children, and two people are in critical condition.

CNN reached out to the Israeli military for comment on this incident.

CNN footage shows casualties arriving at the Al Kuwaiti hospital following strikes in western Rafah. The footage shows what appears to be a corpse and two body bags. It also shows panicked children arriving in ambulances without their parents and one barely responsive child with a heavily bandaged arm being carried on a stretcher.

The hospital said earlier it had begun expanding into makeshift facilities to try and accommodate more patients.

After the closure and relocation of the Abu Yousef Al Najjar hospital, Al Kuwaiti — along with the European hospital — are the only hospitals remaining in Rafah. According to the World Health Organization they are only “partially operating.”

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