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Israel retaliates, killing 35 in Rafah following a Tel Aviv Hamas attack: 10 updates
Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza: current events The Israeli military launched airstrikes on a camp for displaced people in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, late on Sunday, hours after the militant Palestinian organisation Hamas claimed to have launched a “large rocket barrage” at Israel’s commercial centre of Tel Aviv for the first time in months. At least 35 Palestinians were reportedly killed in the strikes.
The strikes “claimed the lives of 35 martyrs and left dozens injured, most of them children and women,” according to a statement released by the health ministry in the territory controlled by Hamas.
The Israeli military claimed in a statement that it killed two “senior” Hamas officials in charge of operations in the West Bank and that the strike was carried out based on “precise intelligence” against “legitimate targets under international law.”
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees’ centre in Rafah was the target of the strike, according to the official media office in Gaza run by Hamas. It was described as a “horrific massacre.”
Both top Hamas officials in the occupied West Bank, Yassin Rabia and Khaled Nagar, were killed when an Israeli army aircraft “struck a Hamas compound in Rafah,” according to the army’s claim.
The Israeli military further declared that it was “aware of reports indicating that several civilians in the area were harmed as a result of the strike and fire that was ignited.” The event is being investigated.
One victim told in an interview, “I was walking and looking at my phone when the area was struck.”
“I was unaware of what had transpired. I had no idea my family had become into this. My brother was hurt at the camp, and my mother was with me. According to the survivor, “I fell to the ground and saw that my leg had been split open,” as reported by Al Jazeera.
According to a different survivor, the airstrike “burned an entire block.” He said, “They burned people alive.”
The Israeli military and Hamas have been engaged in intense fighting recently, with a focus on Rafah. In early May, the troops launched a ground offensive there in spite of strong opposition due to worries for civilians who were seeking cover there.
Top 10 updates regarding Rafah attacks by Israel
- As it got ready for the attack on Rafah, the Israeli military did not order the area to be evacuated, and according to Bloomberg, a large number of individuals who were leaving more vulnerable places gravitated towards it.
- The attack transpired a fortnight subsequent to a verdict rendered by the International Court of Justice, directing Israel to cease its activities with the intention of protecting people.
- According to the Israel Army, on Sunday, at least eight rockets were fired from Rafah towards the country’s centre, striking Tel Aviv, a major business hub, for the first time in several months.
- According to the Palestinian Red Crescent, “a large number” of those killed and injured in the Rafah attacks were transported by its ambulance teams. The West Bank’s Palestinian presidency described it as a “heinous massacre” and charged that Israeli forces were “deliberately targeting” the makeshift shelters for the displaced.
- According to Gaza’s civil defence service, there are at least 50 casualties and 100 000 displaced Palestinians living in the area as a result of Israeli strikes. Palestinians must “rise up and march” in opposition to the Israeli army’s “massacre” in Rafah, according to Hamas.
- Targeting Tel Aviv “with a large rocket barrage in response to the Zionist massacres against civilians,” the armed wing of Hamas declared earlier on Sunday. About 100 km to the south of Tel Aviv is Rafah. “These rockets were launched by Hamas from in close proximity to two mosques in Rafah,” stated Israeli military spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari. He continued, “Hamas is holding our hostages in Rafah, which is why we have been conducting a precise operation” there as well.
- Amidst intensive diplomatic efforts to negotiate a truce and a hostage-release agreement, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised to press forward with the offensive in front of a war cabinet meeting.
- Even after the highest UN court ordered Israel to halt assaulting the city on Friday, Israel continued its operations at the southernmost tip of the Gaza Strip. Israel claims that the decision made by the UN court permits some military action in that region.
- Although the Israeli government claims it intends to free hostages it claims are being held in the area and drive out Hamas forces holed up in Rafah, its offensive has made matters worse for civilians and sparked uproar from around the world.
- Gaza’s health ministry reports that Israel’s offensive has claimed the lives of nearly 36,000 Palestinians. According to Israeli estimates, on October 7, militants led by Hamas stormed villages in southern Israel, killing about 1,200 people and taking over 250 captives. This prompted Israel to initiate the operation.
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