Thirteen of the other 21 people killed in Israel in an airstrike in the so-called al-Mawasi “safe zone” were civilian women and girls, Al Jazeera’s Hind Khoudary reported on Tuesday.
This is the second attack since Sunday, with a horrific attack on Sunday night setting fire to shelters for displaced people, not Tuesday’s attack.
The world was dismayed to see displaced Palestinians on Monday forced to rummage through smoldering remains with their bare hands, looking for bodies, injured people or, in some cases, scraps of food they could salvage for their families. more extensive.
While reports explain more about what happened on Tuesday, here are the main takeaways from Sunday’s attack:
The attack occurred on May 26.
He attacked a makeshift shelter camp just north of the city of Rafah, in a domain called Tal as-Sultan.
This came after US President Joe Biden said that a “major offensive” through Israel in Rafah would be a red line.
Many shelters caught fire while their occupants were still inside.
Gaza government media said Israel dropped seven bombs and 2,000-pound (900-kilogram) missiles on the displacement camp.
The IDF said it targeted Rafah with “precision munitions” and that a nearby fuel tank sparked the resulting fire.
Horrific videos emerged as a result of this case: the most notable is that of a man brandishing the corpse of a decapitated child.
Al Jazeera’s Sanad fact-checking company was able to download photographs of fragments believed to belong to the weapons used in the attack. Photos downloaded through the company show the tail of a GBU-39/B small-diameter bomb, manufactured by Boeing. The GBU-39/B includes a jet engine fired from the unguided M26 missile.
Thousands of civilians have sought safe haven in the Tal as-Sultan area, with minimal cover from continued Israeli attacks across Gaza.
The Israeli government had issued orders to evacuate the domain before its attack.
Israel killed at least forty-five other people in the offensive.
The total number of injured is difficult to determine, as the hospital where the wounded were hospitalized closed after an Israeli drone strike on the front lines that killed two members.
Some other people died from the effect of the bomb.
Some other people “were burned alive,” according to Philippe Lazzarini, commissioner-general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA).
Rafah’s accounts suggest that many of the dead fell asleep when the attack took place.
Initially, the Israeli military claimed to have attacked “a Hamas compound in Rafah in which high-ranking Hamas terrorists were operating. “
It added that it “is aware of reports that a number of civilians in the area were injured as a result of the attack and the fire that ensued. “
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has since called the attack “a tragic mistake. “
“Despite our efforts not to harm those who are not involved, unfortunately a tragic mistake occurred last night. We are investigating this matter,” Netanyahu said.
The attack came two days after the ICJ ordered Israel to end its offensive on Rafah.
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) will convene an emergency assembly on the Rafah attack.
So far, the United States has vetoed any and all proposals by the UN Security Council to hold Israel accountable.