Footage from the scene showed heavy destruction, and a spokesperson with the #Palestine Red Crescent Society said the death toll was likely to increase as search and rescue efforts continued in Rafah's Tal al-Sultan neighborhood
The society asserted that the location had been designated by Israel as a "humanitarian area."
The strike comes two days after the International Court of Justice ordered #Israel to end its military offensive in Rafah.
Israel condemned for bombing Rafah camp as civilians ‘burnt alive’
Eyewitnesses said that tents were “melting” from the bombardment, burning people alive. Scenes of death and devastation were widely reported, with many bodies charred and barely identifiable.
In Brussels, Josep Borrell, the EU’s foreign policy chief, urged #Israel to comply with last week’s ruling by the International Court of Justice to halt its Rafah offensive.
The weight of the evidence incriminating Netanyahu and Gallant, as briefly outlined in Khan’s statement, “Notwithstanding any military goals they may have, the means #Israel chose to achieve them in #Gaza — namely, intentionally causing death, starvation, great suffering, and serious injury to body or health of the civilian population — are criminal,” Khan said.
Ireland, Norway and Spain recognise #Palestine as independent state
Speaking on Wednesday, Irish Prime Minster Simon Harris said: "Today Ireland, Norway and Spain are announcing that we recognise the state of Palestine, each of us will undertake whatever national steps are necessary to give effect to that decision.
Netanyahu arrest warrant: #Israel PM accused of #Gaza war crimes
The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court is seeking arrest warrants against Binyamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, and Yoav Gallant, the defence minister, as well as Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar, Mohammad Deif and Ismail Haniyeh for alleged war crimes in Gaza.
Biden Faces Pro-Palestinian Silent Protest at Morehouse Graduation
Biden’s address at the historically Black school in Atlanta brought him face to face with some of the campus unrest set off by the #Israel -Hamas war, which has inflamed US politics and added risk to his reelection campaign. Several students and at least two faculty members openly demonstrated solidarity with Palestinians before and during the speech.
Dans le désert du Néguev, des minorités bédouines palestiniennes redoutent des expulsions forcées. L'État israélien considère qu'elles se sont installées sans permis de construire. Un projet d'expansion d'une route menace plusieurs villages non reconnus. Claire Duhamel et Mohamed Farhat ont rencontré pour France 24 des familles expulsées la semaine dernière de l'un de ses villages.
Palestinian Truck Drivers Face New Risks After Settlers Attacked Aid Convoy in West Bank
They threw the contents of the truck on the ground. We gathered some of the products and sent some of those products on to a bulldozer and sent them to sheep farms. Around 15 trucks were damaged. Their haul was damaged. Windows of the trucks were broken. Some drivers were beaten. Some of the products were thrown away, and the whole loss for Hebron is around $2 million
Egypt will enter a genocide case against #Israel in the International Court of Justice, joining South Africa and citing worsening attacks on #Gaza civilians, Cairo announced over the weekend.
It accuses Israel of targeting civilians, destroying Gazan infrastructure and displacing Palestinians, leading to an "unprecedented human crisis" in violation of international law, international humanitarian law and the Geneva Convention
US Army Major Harrison Mann's resignation letter highlights his moral dilemma over the US support for #Israel amid the war on #Gaza conflict.
"The policy that has never been far from my mind for the past six months is the nearly unqualified support for the government of Israel, which has enabled and empowered the killing and starvation of tens of thousands of innocent Palestinians,"
Half of Gaza water sites damaged or destroyed, BBC satellite data reveals
In response to our findings, Sara Elizabeth Dill, an international criminal and human rights lawyer, said: "What we are seeing is essentially siege warfare and the total destruction of Gaza, without regard for human life or human decency, or any attempts to comply with international law."
WHO chief: ‘Hospitals in the south of #Gaza only have three days of fuel left’
One of the three hospitals in Rafah city is no longer functioning, , says head of the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Director-General of the WHO Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Najjer hospital has been forced to shut and warned that the remaining two only had “three days of fuel left” as #Israel continues its operation in the enclave’s southernmost city.
Student protests to demand that universities break ties with Israel over the Gaza war spread across Europe on Tuesday, with police breaking up demonstrations in the Netherlands, Germany and France.
‘People are going to continue to die’: Israel’s operation in Rafah has left doctors scrambling.
The Israeli military’s actions also immediately limited access to more basic health services across Rafah. Project HOPE, a U.S.-based aid group that operates several clinics across #Gaza , was forced to shut down a mobile medical unit within the area from which #Israel has told people to leave.
The last trip - his third into Gaza since the war began - saw him join the first team of international medics to be embedded in a hospital in northern #Gaza where malnutrition is at its most acute
The mission was organised by the World Health Organisation (WHO) which has warned of looming famine. Some 30% of children below the age of two are reported to be acutely malnourished, and 70% of the population in northern Gaza is facing what the UN calls "catastrophic hunger."
Mr Ben-Menachem is one of many Jewish students who joined the protests at Columbia and other universities across the US calling for their institutions to cut ties with companies linked to #Israel over the war in #Gaza .
He said he has watched with amazement as the media and political figures have attempted to characterise the protests as antisemitic and dangerous, despite Jewish student organisations playing a central role in them.
Israel has accused more than 2,135 of the agency's staff of being members of Hamas or #Palestine Islamic Jihad...But the UN's independent review, led by a former French foreign minister, said Israel was yet to provide "supporting evidence" for this claim.
#Israel has also been accused of slowing deliveries by subjecting trucks to complex and arbitrary checks, and last month the UN's top court ordered it to enable the unhindered flow of aid into #Gaza
#Israel soldiers have said that in many cases commanders in different sectors in #Gaza have exercised policies of their own, such as designating any adult men remaining in their sector as terrorists and giving orders for them to be fired on (clearly illegal under the laws of war).
Samantha Power, head of the U.S. Agency for International Development, said during a congressional hearing Wednesday that northern #Gaza is already experiencing famine, making her the first high-ranking U.S. official to make such a dire public statement on the crisis—as Biden administration officials push #Israel to allow more aid into the territory.
A significant majority of the American people now believe that #Israel should not receive additional U.S. military aid while this horrific humanitarian crisis endures. I agree. The United States must focus on saving innocent Palestinian people and advancing steps that can secure a lasting peace, not sending Netanyahu’s extreme right-wing government more money or weapons. The United States cannot be complicit in the use of starvation as a weapon of war
Plans to mount a major offensive there have drawn intense international opposition, including from the US. A video conference last week between US and Israeli officials to discuss a potential IDF ground operation in Rafah was reportedly marked by tensions and accusations as Washington expressed deep skepticism over Israeli plans to operate in the city.
The new announcement defies fierce international criticism of the planned ground operations. Over one million Palestinians — more than half of #Gaza 's population — have taken refuge in the city, which has been repeatedly bombed. Rafah is also the main logistical hub for aid into Gaza from Egypt.
"There are bombings almost every day, and the frequency is increasing every day," Fareed, 46, told DW via telephone from Rafah.
