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Par. 1: Fierce fighting continues in northern Gaza, with Israeli jets and helicopter gunships firing on the Jabalia refugee camp and Gaza City. The exact number of casualties is not yet known.

Par. 2: Gaza’s Media Office said Israel is barring the entry of 3,000 aid trucks and preventing 690 sick and wounded people from travelling abroad for medical treatment as the Rafah and Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) border crossings remain closed.

Par. 3: In Rafah city in the south, at least three Palestinians were killed and eight others wounded when Israeli forces bombed a home in the Tal as-Sultan neighbourhood.

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• At least 35,456 people have been killed and 79,476 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7. The death toll in Israel from Hamas’s attack is 1,139, with dozens still held captive.

• Where did this attack occur?

• Gaza

• Hamas

• Dozens

• October

• Israel

• An Israeli airstrike on a refugee camp in central Gaza has killed at least 35 people, including seven children, according to hospital officials. A journalist also reported deadly strikes in northern Gaza overnight, where there has been "death and horror" from shelling at another refugee camp.

• The synonym of refugee is...

• immigrant

• escape

• fugitive

• runaway

Overall, the IDF said the Air Force had struck dozens of targets, including what it claimed were "two tactical-level Hamas commanders who were preparing to attack IDF troops in the Rafah area."

The meaning of dozens is...

• a group of twelve of the same thing

• a unit for measuring the size of a ship.

• an untidy pile of something

• large numbers or amounts of something

Gaza’s Civil Defence says that three Palestinians were killed and eight others wounded when Israeli army bombs hit a home in the Tal as-Sultan neighbourhood of the southern Gaza city. It said that the attack hit an apartment belonging to the Khafaja family and that the survivors were taken to the Kuwaiti Hospital.

The worthy event of the text is...

• Palestinians killed in Israeli bombing of Rafah

• Israeli army bombs hit a home in southern Gaza city

• The attack hit an apartment.

• The survivors were taken to the Kuwaiti Hospital.