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Rafah latest: Israeli tanks in the heart of southern Gaza city amid intense shelling - BBC News Rafah latest: Israeli tanks in the heart of southern Gaza city amid intense shelling - BBC News
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Hugo Bachega A bit more from the IDF briefing earlier.
Middle East correspondent The briefing was played footage taken from an IDF aircraft of
The Israeli what Hagari said was the strike itself, which showed two figures moving around
military says it is investigating the possibility that weapons stored in a outside a warehouse-like structure.
nearby compound caught fire after an Israeli air strike in Rafah on Sunday, He said Hamas had previously launched rockets from that location and an intercepted phone call was played purporting to be from a Gazan in the
triggering a blaze in a tent camp for displaced Palestinians that killed dozens aftermath of the blast discussing the presence of Hamas weapons. The BBC has not verified this audio.
of people. Hagari says the IDF investigation is ongoing and, while it's
Daniel Hagari, a spokesman for the Israel Defence Forces (IDF), said "too early to determine" the cause of the fire, any outcome
the munition used in the attack could not have ignited a fire of this size "won't make this situation any less tragic".
alone.
Hagari said the attack hit a structure where two senior Hamas commanders
were meeting, and said the target was outside the area that had been designated
as a humanitarian zone by the Israeli military.
The attack led to widespread
international condemnation, with world leaders and humanitarian groups calling
for an immediate ceasefire in Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza.
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