Israeli strikes on tent camps near Rafah ‘kill at least 25’ – health ministry

Smoke rises following an earlier Israeli airstrike in Rafah in the Gaza Strip (Abdel Kareem Hana/AP)

Israeli forces shelled tent camps for displaced Palestinians north of Rafah on Friday, killing at least 25 people and wounding another 50 according to Gaza’s heath ministry and emergency workers.

It is the latest attack in the tiny Palestinian territory where hundreds of thousands have fled fighting between Israel and Hamas.