Israel continues its strikes in the south of the Gaza Strip this Tuesday after the bombing of a displaced persons camp in Rafah on Sunday. The UN Security Council will meet urgently this Tuesday afternoon.
The horror remains. Despite the condemnations of the international community after the bombing of a local displaced persons camp on Sunday evening, Israel increased the bombings on Rafah and on the towns located in the south of the Gaza Strip this Tuesday, May 28, 2024. From dawn, the Airstrikes and shootings in central and western Rafah have resumed, reports Agence France Presse.
7 dead in Rafah in a new attack
The photos taken by journalists on site attest to the violence of the successive attacks and the dismay of the populations there, in particular the children who are looking for something to eat under the rubble. The Hamas Ministry of Health reports seven deaths and six injuries between Monday May 27 and Tuesday May 28. On Sunday, the assault claimed by the Israeli army caused the death of 45 people and left more than 249 injured. An attack claimed by the Israeli army. The IDF said it had targeted two Hamas commanders. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu regretted a “tragic accident”. Washington advised Israel to “take every precaution to protect civilians.” Finally, the French head of state Emmanuel Macron said he was “outraged” by the latest IDF attack.
Burned men, the image of a decapitated baby
Several videos are now circulating on the social network X (formerly Twitter). They bear witness to the atrocities taking place in the Gaza Strip. “The world must see what Israel is doing today. His “army” burned Palestinian refugees alive in a United Nations camp in Rafah. They are assassins. The IDF has never been interested in hostages. They have a single objective: to eradicate the Palestinian people” indicates for example the LFI of Seine-Saint-Denis Thomas Portes by sharing one of them. We see a man in the middle of real chaos, flames, brandishing the body of a decapitated baby in Rafah In another of his videos taken in Gaza, we can very clearly see dead men on the ground, in the middle of the flames surrounded by survivors who cannot believe their eyes and are screaming. the sight of lifeless bodies. Several people try to remove bodies from tarpaulins to evacuate them. Sometimes they are the bodies of children, even very young children, victims of the latest IDF bombings in Rafah.
Information and videos confirmed by various news agencies such as Reuters: “We were sitting at the door of the house in complete safety. Suddenly we heard the sound of a missile” declared for example a witness to the last attack in the columns of the BBCthis Monday.
Emergency meeting of the UN Security Council
This Tuesday, the UN Security Council will meet urgently in the afternoon. “I condemn the actions of Israel which have killed many innocent people who were only seeking to protect themselves from this deadly conflict. There is no safe place in Gaza. These horrors must stop” indicates the Secretary General of the UN, Antonio Guterres. The closed-door meeting was requested by Algeria, a permanent member of the Council, as reported by AFP. For its part, the UN demanded a “full and transparent” investigation into the bombing of Rafah.
At the same time, Spain, Ireland and Norway will formally recognize the State of Palestine this Tuesday. “The recognition of the State of Palestine is a question of justice for the Palestinian people,” indicated Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares in Brussels on Monday. Slovenia could soon do the same.