Israeli airstrikes kill at least 35 in Rafah, according to Gaza officials
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🗓️ 27 May 2024
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Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 35 in southern Gaza.
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| 0:08.0 | Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson. Today is Monday, May 27th, 2024. This is the Exert. |
| 0:20.0 | Today, dozens have been killed in Israeli airstrikes on Raffa. |
| 0:27.0 | Plus Vietnam War activists speak out amid this year's college protests. |
| 0:31.0 | And we've got answers on why Orkhas keep ramming boats. |
| 0:35.0 | Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 35 Palestinians in Rafa and injured dozens |
| 0:41.3 | according to Palestinian health and civil emergency service officials. |
| 0:45.0 | Israel's military said its Air Force struck a Hamas compound in the southern Gaza city |
| 0:50.0 | and that the strike was carried out with precise ammunition and on the basis of precise intelligence. |
| 0:56.0 | Israeli officials said the strike took out Hamas's chief of staff for the West Bank |
| 1:00.3 | and another senior official behind deadly attacks on Israelis. |
| 1:04.0 | The strike took place in a neighborhood where thousands were taking shelter |
| 1:08.0 | after fleeing other parts of the city where Israeli forces began a ground offensive over two weeks ago. |
| 1:14.0 | Officials in Gaza say women and children are among the victims. |
| 1:17.7 | Yesterday, Hamas launched missiles at Tel Aviv, setting off sirens in Israel's financial |
| 1:22.4 | center for the first time in four months. |
| 1:25.0 | The Israeli military said eight projectiles were identified crossing from the area of |
| 1:29.8 | Raffa. In a statement on its telegram channel, the Hamas Al-Kassam Brigades said the rockets were launched in response to Zionist massacres against civilians. |
| 1:40.0 | Amid the spring's protests on college campuses against Israel's war in Gaza, some |
| 1:48.9 | former Vietnam War activists are looking back on their own strategy decades later. |
| 1:53.4 | I spoke with USA Today Congress campaigns and democracy reporter |
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