Shelling ‘killed 30 people and left dozens injured’, Hamas government press service says – Israel’s military ‘aware’ of civilian casualties
Hell on Rafa. Dozens of people they lost their lives on Sunday night after an Israeli bombardment.
At least 30 Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded by Israeli airstrikes on a displaced persons camp in the Rafah area of ​​the southern Gaza Strip, the Hamas government said in the evening.
The shelling “killed 30 people and left dozens injured,” the Hamas government’s press service said.
Gaza’s Civil Defense agency confirmed Israeli strikes in the area, which the agency says is home to about 100,000 people displaced from other areas of the Palestinian enclave by Israel’s war. According to the service, 50 are dead and injured.
The death toll in the Tal Al-Sultan camp is still undetermined, another doctor said, adding that dozens were injured in the fire that followed the shelling, which residents were still trying to put out.
Israel’s military ‘aware’ of civilian casualties in Rafah shelling
The Israeli military said it had “neutralized” two senior Hamas officials in the strike in Rafah on Sunday.
🔴Eliminated in the precise airstrike in northwest Rafah: Hamas Chief of Staff in Judea and Samaria and an additional senior Hamas official.
Terrorist #1: Yassin Rabia
Rabia managed the entirety of Hamas’ terrorist activity in Judea and Samaria, transferred funds to terrorist… https://t.co/iaGrw8WJ4f
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) May 26, 2024
Earlier he said he launched a bombardment with “precision munitions” against a “Hamas building complex in Rafah” where according to him “important terrorists” of the Palestinian Islamist movement were operating, adding that he is “aware” that “civilians have been harmed” in the area and that the incident is “under review”.
“Aircraft struck a Hamas compound in Rafah where important Hamas terrorists were operating,” Israel’s military said via X. “The strike was carried out against legitimate targets under international law, using precision munitions, based on accurate intelligence about the use of the area by Hamas”.
The Israeli military is “aware of reports indicating that civilians in the area were harmed as a result of the strike and the resulting fire”; the “incident is under investigation,” he added.
Unofficial Gazan sources claim that the number of dead in Rafah has risen to 50. pic.twitter.com/PuwacYylCd
— Eli Afriat (@EX1LEISR) May 26, 2024
RAFAH: Civil Defense teams in southern Gaza say at least 28 Palestinians have been killed in what is being described as a massacre after the latest Israeli attack. pic.twitter.com/BCFeGkhAly
— Hamdah Salhut (@hamdahsalhut) May 26, 2024
Terrorist Israel targeted the tents of the civilians in the west of Rafah. En az 50 sicil şehit dütü.
Bu zulme engel olamıorızın, onu dukurun palayşın. pic.twitter.com/hWEw3DMm2Q
— Hamad Alnajjar 🇵🇸🇹🇷 (@hamad_alnajjar) May 26, 2024
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