An estimated 100,000 Palestinians have fled to the crowded southern Gaza metropolis of Rafah in latest days, the U.N. humanitarian company mentioned. Rafah is among the solely elements of Gaza that’s not dealing with intense floor combating, in keeping with the company, although a missile strike Thursday close to Rafah’s Kuwaiti Hospital killed a minimum of 18 individuals and wounded dozens, the hospital director mentioned. The Israel Protection Forces on Thursday mentioned an investigation into the killing of three Israeli hostages by IDF troopers Dec. 15 discovered the deaths “may have been prevented.”