Morning update

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Palestinian medics have been working for hours overnight and into Sunday morning after an Israeli air strike flattened a residential building in Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip, as the assault enters the third day.

After eight hours of digging through the rubble, rescue workers pulled out at least seven bodies of Palestinians, including a 14-year-old child and two women.

The Israeli strike hit an overcrowded refugee camp in the city late on Saturday. At least 30 people were wounded, according to initial estimates, with numbers of casualties likely to be higher. 

The Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement (PIJ), the main target of Israel in the military operation, said three of its members were killed in the strike, including Khalid Mansour, commander of the southern division in Gaza of the al-Quds Brigades (Saraya al-Quds), the military wing of the PIJ. 

The attacks late on Saturday took the death toll to 29 killed since Friday, including six children. At least 253 were wounded, more than half of them women and children, according to the Palestinian health ministry. 

Meanwhile, Palestinian rockets have continued to be fired into Israel from Gaza, as the PIJ vowed to avenge its dead members and "protect the Palestinian people".

Around 400 projectiles have been fired so far, according to Israeli estimates, causing two minor injuries and some material damage, mostly in southern Israeli cities.

On Sunday, the PIJ said it fired rockets towards Jerusalem, which the Israeli army said were intercepted.

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