Death toll in Gaza exceeds 36,000 after Israeli attack in Rafah: Gaza government
- May 27, 2024
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The number of deaths in the Gaza Strip this Monday reached 36 thousand 50after Israeli fire killed 66 people in the past 24 hours, 45 of them during
The number of deaths in the Gaza Strip this Monday reached 36 thousand 50after Israeli fire killed 66 people in the past 24 hours, 45 of them during
The number of deaths in the Gaza Strip this Monday reached 36 thousand 50after Israeli fire killed 66 people in the past 24 hours, 45 of them during the explosion of a refugee camp in Rafah (south) Yesterday evening, according to the health ministry of the Hamas-controlled enclave.
Of the 45 deaths recorded in the explosion on the south Strip Twenty-three are women, children and elderly people.
In addition, 383 people were injured over the past 24 hours.of which 249 are in Rafahwhich brings the total figure to 81 thousand 26 from October 7.
The Gaza Ministry of Health assures that, in addition, About 10 thousand bodies remained under the rubble without access to ambulances or rescue teams.
The aftermath of an Israeli attack on a site designated for displaced people in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. Photo: Reuters
Rafah remains the center of Israeli offensive Despite the ruling of the International Court of Justice, released on Friday for “immediate” cessation of the operation in the specified territorybut this latest attack has sparked a new wave of reaction calling for a cessation of hostilities.
The Israeli army’s chief prosecutor, Yifat Tomer Yerushalmi, admitted today that the bombing of an evacuee camp in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, It was “very serious”as he stated in front of Israeli lawyers.
Yerushalmi assured that the armed forces They are investigating the “incident”.which affected the “safe zone”, which the army had not yet ordered to evacuate, as it had done with areas east and south of Rafah.
Near a million people have fled this city bordering Egyptclosest to the west, to the beaches of Al Mawasi, where they are located. overcrowded and without services sewerage or drinking water.
Palestinians flee Rafah after an Israeli attack on an area designated for displaced people. Photo: Reuters
For its part, Hamas called “escalation of public activity of anger and pressure to stop aggression and genocidal war” following these attacks not only in the Gaza Strip, but also in the West Bank and Jerusalem.
Fatah, the secular party that heads the Palestinian National Authority, which governs the West Bank, accused “the American administration and some European countries” of “Comrades in this massacre directed against defenseless children, women and the elderly.”
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Also, humanitarian organizations such as Doctors Without Borders (MSF) or the UN agency for Palestine refugees operating in Rafah described the incident as “bloody” and “terrifying night”.
A fire following an Israeli attack on an area designated for displaced Palestinians in Rafah. Photo: Reuters
Meanwhile, The Israeli army continued its operations in the rest of Gaza. In Jabaliya, in the north of the country, the military reported the destruction of numerous military installations and the killing of militants.
In this city the military supports ninth day of the siege of Al-Auda hospitalthe last operation north of Gaza.
“We continue to resist. “Eat one meal a day and drink unhealthy water.”– he told the agency EFE Mohammed Salha, the hospital’s acting director, who remains at the center along with 26 others after the military ordered the evacuation of al-Awda.
In Gaza City, The army bombed the west which resulted in four deaths.
Destruction in the refugee area in Rafah. Photo: Reuters
In addition, the armed forces early this morning attacked the Nuseirat refugee camp. in the center of the Strip, killed three people and left several wounded, Vafa said without specifying how much.
(according to information from EFE)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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