«An IDF plane hit a Hamas compound in Rafah where important Hamas terrorists were operating. The attack was carried out against legitimate targets under international law, using precise munitions and based on precise intelligence information indicating Hamas' use of the area."
This is what the Israeli army said in a note in reference to the attack conducted on Sunday evening on Rafah, in the far south of the Gaza Strip, in which according to Hamas dozens of civilians died. «The IDF is aware of reports indicating that following the attack and the fire that broke out several civilians in the area were injured. The incident is under review,” the statement concludes.
About thirty people were killed, while 180 injured were taken to the Center for the Stabilization of Trauma Patients supported by Doctors Without Borders. «We are horrified, what happened proves once again that nowhere is safe in Gaza. We continue to ask for an immediate and lasting ceasefire," said Italian MSF nurse Gaia Giletta, from Rafah.
After the raid - which according to Tel Aviv led to the killing of two leading members of the Palestinian armed wing - Hamas said that Palestinians must "rise up and march" against the "massacre" carried out by the Israeli army.
«In light of the horrific Zionist massacre committed this evening by the criminal army of occupation against the tents of displaced people, we call on the masses of our people in the West Bank, in Jerusalem, in the occupied territories and abroad to rise up and march in anger against the Zionist massacre underway against our people in the sector,” the militiamen wrote in a statement.
Rockets aimed at Tel Aviv and the center of the Jewish state have been launched from Rafah in the last few hours, intercepted by the Iron Dome defense system.
(Unioneonline/lf)
