Israeli shelling in Rafah kills and injures many – DW – 05/26/2024

The Palestine Red Crescent It said on Sunday (05/26/2024) that “a large number of people” were killed or injured in Israeli airstrikes on a designated humanitarian area in the south, near the town of Rafah. Gaza Strip. Other sources indicate at least 28 dead, with an undetermined number of wounded.

“Ambulances carry a large number of martyrs and injured after the occupation [israelí] hit the tents of displaced people near the United Nations headquarters northwest of Rafah,” the Red Cross said on social network X (Twitter). “The area was designated a humanitarian zone by the Israeli occupation,” it added.

Ministry of Health Govt Hamas in Gaza And Rafah governorate’s emergency team reported a bombing at a center for displaced people near Rafah, and said dozens of deaths and injuries were reported. The press office of the government of Hamas, which is considered a terrorist group by the European Union, put the death toll at at least 30.

“A Massacre”

Medics quoted by the German agency DPA said at least 28 people had died, while images captured in the Tell Al Sultan neighborhood in the area of ​​the attack showed several improvised shelters engulfed in flames. It is not known how many people were trapped in the rubble. A senior Hamas official, Sami Abu Zuhri, called the incident a “massacre” and blamed the United States for supplying Israel with weapons and money.

Israel, for its part, indicated through a military spokesman that it targeted the camp “where a significant number of Hamas terrorists operate,” and therefore “in accordance with international law, precision munitions and based.” In accurate intelligence information.”

DZC (AFP, dpa, Reuters)