Israeli strikes kill nine as Biden calls Israel’s approach to war ‘over the top’

Palestinians check the destruction after an Israeli strike in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, on Thursday (Fatima Shbair/AP)

At least nine people, including children and women, were killed in Israeli airstrikes overnight into Friday in the central area of the Gaza Strip and in the southern city of Rafah on the border with Egypt, witnesses and hospital officials said.

The overnight airstrikes came hours after US President Joe Biden said on Thursday that he considers Israel’s conduct of the war to be “over the top”.