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Israel continues its offensive in Rafah despite an order from the International Court of Justice. Dozens of people are said to have died in an attack on a refugee camp.
Rafah – Dozens of people are said to have died in an Israeli air strike on the city of Rafah. The Palestinian Red Crescent aid organization announced on X (formerly Twitter) that Israeli rockets had hit a tent camp for refugees. The Hamas The Ministry of Health, which is controlled by the Ministry of Health, has put the number of dead at 35, reported the German press agency (dpa). The information cannot be independently verified.
It was also said that many women and children were among the victims. Video footage on social media is said to show the situation shortly after the attack. Among other things, it shows bodies being recovered from burning tents. The Israeli army (IDF) now wants to investigate the incident, it said on Monday. The attack had taken place a day earlier.
Israel confirms attack on Rafah – “very serious” incident
On X, the IDF wrote that an Israeli aircraft had hit a facility belonging to the terrorist organization Hamas in the city of Rafah in Gaza Strip hit. “Significant Hamas terrorists” were active there, it continues. The attack was carried out with “precise ammunition and on the basis of precise intelligence information that indicated that Hamas was using the area.” The shelling was directed against targets that were supposedly legitimate under international law.
High-ranking Hamas officials are said to have been killed in the attack, including the Hamas chief of staff in Judea and Samaria. In addition, two Hamas fighters who were said to have been involved in attacks on Israeli soldiers were killed.
The army is aware of reports that “several civilians in the area were injured as a result of the attack and fire.” An investigation has been launched, the IDF wrote. Israel’s military lawyer spoke of a “very serious” incident, the dpa “It is in the nature of things that in a war of this scale and intensity, serious incidents occur,” she continued.
Wave of outrage after Israeli attack on Rafah – “targeted bombing of tents”
Criticism of the attack came primarily from several Arab states. Egypt spoke of a “new and blatant violation of international law”. The Egyptian Foreign Ministry called the incident on Monday (27 May) a “targeted bombing of displaced persons’ tents by Israeli forces”, reported the dpaJordan’s Foreign Ministry called the attack a “heinous war crime by Israeli occupation forces in the Gaza Strip.”
The U.N.Special Reporter Francesca Albanese wrote on X: “This cruelty and blatant disregard for international law and system are unacceptable.” In connection with the Gaza War She also spoke of genocide in the Gaza Strip.
Josep Borrell, High Representative of the EUcalled on Israel to end the ground offensive in Rafah after the attacks, reported ZDF todayHe expects Israel to the orders of the International Court of Justice (ICJ). This obliged Israel to stop the attack on the city in the south of the Gaza Strip on Friday (24 May). Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Greens) also called on the country to comply with the ICJ’s order. (nhi)
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