As a lot of the world watched the Super Bowl, refugees and residents in the the southern Gazan city of Rafah saw more airstrikes and shelling carried out by the Israeli government.

The action came as Israel said it rescued two hostages held by Hamas,  which along with Israel is facing dissent.

Citing the Palestine Red Crescent Society, CNN said more than 100 people, including children, were killed early Monday as part of a conflict that Reuters says had killed nearly 22,000 Palestinians since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack that killed about 1,200 Israelis and foreigners.

Locally, Bay area activists gathered in Temple Terrace around the intersection of 56th Street and Fowler Avenue to decry the attack on a city where approximately 1.5 million Palestinians have sought refuge, join a growing international call for a ceasefire, and demand an end to U.S. aid for Israel.

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Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...