### [2017-01-21](/feed/2017/01/21/index.md)

##### Rafah
# Eight people are killed in Rafah, Egypt, after a shell lands on the home in which they were staying. 




### Sources:

1. [Reuters](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-egypt-security-shell-idUSKBN1550C5?il=0)

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