67 killed so far on Saturday; Ghaza death toll at 1,686

Israeli forces continued its assault on Ghaza for a 26th day on Saturday, killing over 67 Palestinians as the overall death toll reaches at least 1,686 while over 9,000 are injured. 

At least 35 of the Palestinians killed overnight were slain in Rafah, a day after an incident in the southern city led to the collapse of an agreed-upon 72-hour ceasefire.

Medical sources said Israeli raids on UN-funded public housing buildings in the Saudi neighborhood west of Rafah killed at least 23 people after midnight. About 15 dead bodies from the attack on the neighborhood were taken to the Emirati Hospital in the city and eight others were evacuated to the Kuwaiti Hospital. 

Additionally, five people including three children were killed by a Israeli airstrike on the home of al-Nayrub family in the Sabra neighborhood of Rafah.