Al Mayadeen English

  • Ar
  • Es
  • x
Al Mayadeen English

Slogan

  • News
    • Politics
    • Economy
    • Sports
    • Arts&Culture
    • Health
    • Miscellaneous
    • Technology
    • Environment
  • Articles
    • Opinion
    • Analysis
    • Blog
    • Features
  • Videos
    • NewsFeed
    • Video Features
    • Explainers
    • TV
    • Digital Series
  • Infographs
  • In Pictures
  • • LIVE
News
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Sports
  • Arts&Culture
  • Health
  • Miscellaneous
  • Technology
  • Environment
Articles
  • Opinion
  • Analysis
  • Blog
  • Features
Videos
  • NewsFeed
  • Video Features
  • Explainers
  • TV
  • Digital Series
Infographs
In Pictures
  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Europe
  • Latin America
  • MENA
  • Palestine
  • US & Canada
BREAKING
Netanyahu: If Lebanese Army takes steps to disarm Hezbollah, Israel will engage in reciprocal measures, including phased reduction of Israeli military presence in Lebanon
Al Mayadeen's correspondent: Photojournalist Houssam Al-Masri martyred, reporters Hatem Omar, Mohammad Ashraf Salameh injured in Israeli strike on Nasser Medical Complex.
Israeli media: Intense US efforts are being made to resolve differences, such as the issue of the Israeli presence on Mount Hermon and in southern Syria
Israeli media: The security agreement means amending the disengagement agreement, which will also address the Druze issue
Israeli media: Attempts to reach a security agreement between 'Israel' and Syria were among the topics discussed at the Paris meeting
Israeli media: Sheikh Muwaffaq Tarif rejected a US proposal to join the recent tripartite meeting between Tom Barrack, al-Shaibani, and Dermer
Saba News Agency: Two martyred, five injured in a preliminary toll of the Israeli aggression on the Yemeni Oil Company station on Al-Sitteen Street in Sanaa
Senior Yemeni military source to Al Mayadeen: We observed a state of confusion among the enemy's aircraft squadron after Yemeni air defenses intercepted the attack
Senior Yemeni military source to Al Mayadeen: The Yemeni air defense forces succeeded in neutralizing a squadron of enemy aircraft and prevented airstrikes on some governorates
Senior Yemeni military source to Al Mayadeen: Our air defenses and missile forces forced a formation of enemy aircraft to flee the airspace

Rafah witnesses most violent Israeli bombings since war on Gaza began

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: Al Mayadeen
  • 28 May 2024 06:57
  • 4 Shares
4 Min Read

Israeli occupation forces launch large-scale attacks across Gaza resulting in the martyrdom and wounding of dozens of Palestinians.

Listen
  • x
  • Rafah lives most violent Israeli bombings since war on Gaza began
    Smoke billows following an Israeli bombardment on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on February 12, 2024. (AFP)

Gaza experienced violent Israeli strikes throughout Monday night, with the small city of Rafah witnessing the heaviest bombardment since the genocidal war on the Strip began last October.

Al Mayadeen's correspondent reported that Israeli forces concentrated their attacks on the western part of Rafah, unleashing relentless airstrikes and shelling that persisted for hours without pause, resulting in dozens of martyrs and wounded.

Forcibly displaced families were also entrapped due to the nonstop bombing preventing rescue teams and medics from reaching them.

Read more: 'Israel' commits gruesome massacre in Rafah alleged safe zone

URGENT: ISRAEL ATTACKS PALESTINIAN JOURNALISTS WHILE COVERING THE ATTACKS ON RAFAH pic.twitter.com/FFSqedXukU

— Sulaiman Ahmed (@ShaykhSulaiman) May 28, 2024

The vicinity of the Emirati Hospital in western Rafah was heavily targeted by Israeli artillery, while quadcopters roamed around the facility opening fire at civilians and journalists trying to flee the area.

Israeli military vehicles stormed the area covered by intense shelling, which directly hit several homes.

Occupation forces also stormed the cemetery of the Zaarib family and exhumed a number of graves.

Additionally, Israeli artillery targeted the Tell al-Sultan neighborhood in western Rafah with dozens of shells, two of which hit houses in the Saudi neighborhood.

Read more: UNSC emergency meeting on Tuesday after Israeli Rafah massacre: AP

The occupation forces shelled the Indonesian field hospital, while aircraft simultaneously targeted ambulances and civil defense crews near the Tell al-Sultan police station.

Forces fired shells and opened fire at the Tell al-Sultan clinic, trapping the medical staff and over 70 displaced persons inside.

Several people were martyred as a result of Israeli attacks on tents sheltering forcibly displaced families in Tell al-Sultan. Meanwhile, due to artillery shelling, a fire broke out in the Abu Marqa residential building and nearby agricultural greenhouses.

Related News

Doctors in Gaza report severe levels of hunger: AP

At least 15 martyrs in Nasser Hospital massacre in Gaza

Read more: Spanish defense minister calls war on Gaza 'real genocide'

Palestinian families sheltered in the targeted areas were unable to flee due to the nonstop Israeli strikes.

Additionally, helicopters directed heavy machine gunfire at the eastern and southeastern areas of Rafah.

The Israeli forces launched fire belts targeting the Brazil neighborhood in eastern Rafah, causing fires in the area. They also targeted the Yebna and Shaboura refugee camps in the city center.

Heavy confrontations

Amid the violent Israeli attacks on western Rafah, Palestinian Resistance fighters and Israeli occupation forces engaged in fierce confrontations near the Zaarib roundabout.

Central Rafah City also witnessed intense battles, particularly around the al-Awda Mosque, the southern outskirts of the Yebna refugee camp, and al-Geneina neighborhood in the eastern part of Rafah.

The Israeli bombardment extended to central Gaza, targeting a house belonging to the Ghanem family in al-Bureij camp multiple times, resulting in several injuries. The Nuseirat camp and al-Maghazi camp were also heavily bombed while quadcopters roamed the areas.

Eastern Khan Younis Governorate was also targeted by Israeli attacks.

In the al-Daraj neighborhood, the occupation targeted a house belonging to the al-Ghosein family, resulting in the martyrdom and wounding of several people, while others remain missing under the rubble.

The occupation also conducted strikes on the al-Zawaida town and shelled eastern Deir al-Balah and eastern al-Zaytoun neighborhoods.

Violent airstrikes and demolitions were also reported across northern Gaza.

In Jabalia, Israeli forces demolished residential buildings in the al-Falouja area, while war jets conducted strikes at the Abu Sharekh roundabout accompanied by heavy gunfire from quadcopters.

A number of Palestinians were martyred and wounded in Beit Hanoun due to Israeli artillery attacks near Al-Sikka Street in the western part of the city.

Read more: International pressure mounts on 'Israel' over Gaza, hinting isolation

  • Palestine
  • Al-Aqsa Flood
  • Jabalia
  • Israel
  • Deir al-Balah
  • Rafah
  • al-Zaytoun neighborhood
  • Khan Younis
  • Gaza City
  • Gaza
  • Indonesian Hospital
War on Gaza

War on Gaza

Most Read

Tom Artiom Alexandrovich, executive director of the defense division of the Israeli National Cyber Directorate, undated (Social media)

Israeli-born US prosecutor drops Israeli officer child sex crime

  • Politics
  • 19 Aug 2025
Displaced Palestinians walk through a makeshift camp along the beach in Gaza City, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025 (AP)

Hamas, other factions accept Egypt-Qatar ceasefire proposal: Exclusive

  • Politics
  • 18 Aug 2025
Israeli soldiers stand on the top of armoured vehicles parked on an area near the Israeli-Gaza border, as seen from southern Israel, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025 (AP)

Palestinian fighters target Israeli soldiers, vehicles in Gaza

  • Politics
  • 21 Aug 2025
Almost instantly after the Helsinki Accords were signed, organisations sprouted to document purported violations, whose findings were fed to overseas embassies for international amplification. (Al Mayadeen English; Illustrated by Zeinab el-Hajj)

How ‘Human Rights’ became a Western weapon

  • Opinion
  • 23 Aug 2025

Coverage

All
The Ummah's Martyrs

Read Next

All
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference at the Prime minister's office in al-Quds, Occupied Palestine, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025 (AP)
Politics

Netanyahu deliberately derailing truce with Gaza occupation: Hamas

Irish President Michael Higgins arrives to deliver his speech during a 42nd World Food Day celebration at FAO headquarters in Rome, on Oct. 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Politics

Irish president renews call for UN military intervention in Gaza

US Ambassador to Turkey and Special Envoy to Syria Tom Barrack speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at the US Embassy in Aukar, northern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, July 21, 2025 (AP)
Politics

US envoy, Netanyahu discuss restraining attacks on Lebanon, withdrawal

Smoke billows following Israeli airstrikes in multiple areas in Sanaa, Yemen, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025 (AP)
Politics

Ansar Allah vow sustained Gaza support despite Israeli strikes

Al Mayadeen English

Al Mayadeen is an Arab Independent Media Satellite Channel.

All Rights Reserved

  • x
  • Privacy Policy
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Authors
Android
iOS