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(Previous Incident Code: ISPT102 )
Two civilians were injured in a reported Israeli airstrike on a Rehabilitation Center west of the city of Rafah, southern Gaza on May 18th 2021, according to local reports.
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights said: “At 19:35, Israeli warplanes launched two missiles at Central Rafah Rehabilitation Center. As a result, the center was completely destroyed and 2 citizens were wounded due to the shattering rubble.”
The center was located in the refugee camp of Tal Al-Sultan, according to @DollyPalestine.
A video posted to Twitter by @hamara_amin purported to show the moments after the strike.
Geolocation Notes
Reports of the incident mention the Rehabilitation Centre (مقر الاصلاحيه), allegedly located west of Rafah (رفح). Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further. The generic coordinates for Rafah are: 31.295610, 34.242960.