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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu admitted on Monday that his military’s gruesome attack that killed dozens of displaced Palestinians in Rafah was a “tragic mistake,” as his government faces international condemnation for the strikes that engulfed the tent camp in flames.in the southern Gaza city’s Tel al-Sultan neighbourhood, which was designated as a “safe zone” for displaced Palestinians to shelter.
“We pulled out people who were in an unbearable state,” Gaza civilian Mohammed Abuassa told The Associated Press. “We pulled out children who were in pieces. We pulled out young and elderly people. The fire in the camp was unreal.”A Palestinian woman at a health clinic holds the shrouded body of a child killed in Israel's attack on a tent camp in Rafah's Tel al-Sultan neighborhood on May 26, 2024.
“Outraged by the Israeli strikes that have killed many displaced persons in Rafah,” French President Emmanuel Macron, one of Israel’s top allies,. “These operations must stop. There are no safe areas in Rafah for Palestinian civilians. I call for a full respect for international law and an immediate ceasefire.”recently announced that it is seeking arrest warrantsAn infographic on Israel's latest attack in Rafah, created in Ankara, Turkey on May 27, 2024.
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