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Eyewitnesses and local journalists in Rafah have reported that Israeli tanks have seized control of the al-Awda roundabout, which is a key landmark housing major banks, government institutions, businesses, and shops Middle East correspondent, in Jerusalem
The Hamas-run health ministry says a total of 21 people have been killed and 64 injured in a strike on a displaced persons camp in west Rafah this afternoon Amid global outrage over an
The IDF denies striking the humanitarian area in Al-Mawasi today attack that resulted in the deaths of dozens of Palestinians, the Israeli
It comes after at least 45 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli air strike in Rafah on Sunday military has said it is investigating the possibility that weapons stored
Israel called Sunday's strike a "tragic mishap" and faced widespread international condemnation in a facility near the location hit might have exploded after an airstrike in
But the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) now say weapons stored near the camp could have been responsible for the extent of the blaze, adding that it was "too early to determine" the cause of the fire Rafah on Sunday, triggering a blaze in a tent camp for displaced residents.
Meanwhile, Spain, Ireland and Norway all officially recognised a Palestinian state - despite a furious reaction from Israel The bombing, which resulted in
the massive fire in the camp in the Tel Al-Sultan district, led to widespread
international condemnation and renewed criticism
of the Israeli military’s actions in Gaza, with
world leaders and humanitarian groups calling for an immediate ceasefire in
Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza.
Speaking at a
briefing today, Daniel Hagari, a spokesman for the Israel Defence Forces (IDF),
said the explosives used in the attack – 17-kg munition, which he described as
the “smallest our jets can use” – could not have sparked a fire of that
scale.
“Weapons stored in a compound
next to our target, which we didn’t know of, may have ignited the fire,” he
said, providing no evidence, adding that the investigation continued.
Hagari said the attack hit a
structure where two senior Hamas commanders were meeting, and that
pictures posted on social media in the aftermath appear to show secondary explosions, which could have been
caused by the weapons allegedly stored nearby.
The target, he said, was 1.7km
from the area that had been designated as a humanitarian zone by the Israeli
military, and 180m from the tents. At least 45 people were killed in the
attack, including many women, children and the elderly, according to Gaza
health authorities.
The update is unlikely to change
the view of those who are critical of Israel’s tactics in Gaza, who say the
military assumes the risk of killing large numbers of civilians when carrying
out airstrikes knowing how densely populated the territory is.
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