Two days before the strike, the ICJ ordered Israel to “immediately” stop its Rafah offensive
At least 35 people died in the Gaza Strip after a new Israeli strike in Rafah. This attack comes only two days after a decision by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Israel.
In its ruling, the highest UN court said it was “not convinced” that Israel’s evacuation measures were sufficient to protect Palestinian civilians. “Israel must immediately end its military offensive” in Rafah, declared the president of the ICJ, Nawaf Salam.
Israeli army claims to have killed two Hamas officials
The Israeli army claimed that one of its planes had “struck a Hamas compound in Rafah in which important terrorists were operating”, including two leaders of the movement in the West Bank, Yacine Rabia and Khaled Nagar.
“The strike was carried out against legitimate targets under international law, through the use of precise munitions and on the basis of precise intelligence indicating the use of the area by Hamas,” she said in a statement.
Rima Hassan calls for rally in front of Israeli embassy
“Tomorrow a rally must be held in front of the Israeli embassy and nowhere else,” wrote on X the candidate for the European elections for La France insoumise Rima Hassan.
Earlier on the same social network, she denounced the Israeli “genocidal militants” who carried out a strike in the northwest of Rafah. According to a latest report, at least 35 people were killed.
New toll shows at least 35 people killed in Rafah
At least 35 people were killed in an Israeli strike in Rafah, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. A previous report reported 30 deaths.
According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, cited by CNN, the victims are largely women and children.
Amnesty calls on ICC to open ‘war crimes’ investigation into three deadly Israeli strikes in April
As a new Israeli strike kills at least 30 people in Rafah, Amnesty International calls on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to open a “war crimes” investigation into three other Israeli airstrikes in the center and south from the Gaza Strip killed 44 Palestinian civilians in April, including 32 children.
According to the NGO, these strikes took place on April 16 on the al Maghazi refugee camp, in the center of the Gaza Strip, and on April 19 and 20 in Rafah, in the south.
“These devastating strikes decimated families and took the lives of 32 children,” said Amnesty official Erika Guevara-Rosas in the press release, affirming that the NGO’s investigation provides “essential evidence pointing to illegal attacks attributable to the Israeli army.
Doctors Without Borders says it is “horrified” and calls for an immediate ceasefire
“We are horrified by this deadly event, which shows once again that no area is safe” in the Gaza Strip, reacts MSF on X after the strike on a camp for displaced people in Rafah.
“We continue to call for an immediate and lasting ceasefire in Gaza,” argues the organization.
Israeli military says strike was ‘carried out against legitimate targets in accordance with international law’
“A plane struck a Hamas compound in Rafah where senior Hamas terrorists were operating a short time ago. The strike was carried out against legitimate targets in accordance with international law, using precise munitions and based on intelligence precise information indicating the use of the area by Hamas,” the Israeli army said in a statement in French on X.
That strike, according to initial reports, killed at least 30 people in a camp for displaced people in northwest Rafah. The Palestinian presidency says Israel committed an “atrocious massacre.”
Two days ago, the ICJ ordered Israel to stop its offensive on Rafah.
Palestinian presidency accuses Israel of ‘deliberately targeting’ displaced people camp in Rafah
The Palestinian presidency has accused Israel of having deliberately targeted a center for displaced people near Rafah, in the southern tip of the Gaza Strip, killing at least 30 people, according to the Hamas authorities who govern the territory.
“This atrocious massacre perpetrated by the Israeli occupying forces is a defiance of all international resolutions,” the Palestinian presidency wrote in a statement, accusing Israel of having “deliberately targeted” a camp of displaced people.
“It’s a butchery”: Olivier Faure says that Benjamin Netanyahu “is committing the worst in Rafah”
Like Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the First Secretary of the PS speaks on X and denounces the Israeli strike which left more than 30 dead in Rafah, in the Gaza Strip.
“Netanyahu is committing the worst in Rafah. It is butchery. No excuse or justification. France must follow Spain. It is unforgivable to gesture without trying everything to stop the ongoing tragedy,” says Olivier Faure .
Jean-Luc Mélenchon denounces an “abominable massacre” and pleads for the recognition of a Palestinian state
“Horror. The abominable massacre of the tents of the refugee camp in Gaza sums up what the assassins of this army of war criminals and their leaders are. Let their supporters in the media class and in politics measure their responsibility in encouraging feeling of impunity from this government”, writes Jean-Luc Mélenchon on X.
The leader of La France insoumise calls for a “breakdown of cooperation with the Netanyahu government and its economy”, an “arms embargo”, and recognition of the State of Palestine.
Israeli army says it eliminated Hamas official in Rafah strike
In a statement, the Israeli army said that the strike which killed several civilians in Tal as Sultan, northwest of Rafah, “eliminated” a Hamas official.
The Israeli army says it is aware of the damage inflicted on civilians by its strikes on Rafah
The Israeli army announced that it had launched strikes against a Hamas compound in Rafah, in the far south of the Gaza Strip, saying it was informed of the presence of civilians among the injured.
“A plane struck a Hamas compound in Rafah in which major Hamas terrorists were operating,” the army said in a statement, assuring “that it was aware of information according to which several civilians in the area were injured.”
Hamas calls on Palestinians to ‘stand up and march’ against Israeli ‘massacre’ in Rafah
Hamas calls on Palestinians to “stand up and march” after the “massacre” committed according to it by the Israeli army in a center for displaced people near Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip.
“In light of the horrific Zionist massacre committed this evening by the criminal occupying army against the tents of the displaced, we call on the masses of our people in the West Bank, in Jerusalem, in the occupied territories and abroad to stand up and march in anger,” the Palestinian Islamist movement wrote in a statement.
Hamas government media office says at least 30 dead
The Hamas government media office in Gaza said at least 30 people were killed and dozens injured in Israeli strikes on a center for displaced people near Rafah in the south of the Palestinian territory.
The strikes “caused the death of 30 martyrs and left dozens injured,” the media office said in a statement, while the Gaza Civil Defense confirmed Israeli strikes on this area where, according to it, some 100,000 displaced people live. According to Civil Defense, 50 people were killed or injured.
Palestinian Red Crescent announces ‘large number’ of casualties in Israeli strike near Rafah
The Palestinian Red Crescent announced on Sunday that an Israeli strike left a “large number” of dead and injured in a designated humanitarian area near the town of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.
“Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance teams transport large numbers of martyrs and injured after the occupation (Israel) targeted the tents of displaced people near the UN headquarters, northwest of Rafah,” the Red Crescent said on X, adding that “this location had been designated by the Israeli occupation as a humanitarian zone.”