the troubled status of the displaced persons camp in Rafah, target of an Israeli strike

The camp hit in Rafah by Israeli strikes on Friday May 24 is located a few dozen meters from the displaced camp called “Kuwaiti peace camp 1”. He is located north of Rafah, right next to a humanitarian center run by the United Nations and recognized as a humanitarian zone by the Israeli army. But was it outside the protected zone, as Israel claims? On a map that the Israeli army sent, we can see the demarcated humanitarian zone and the approximate location of the strike outside this zone.

But the Israeli army does not specify its announcement to Gazans via leaflets on the extension of this protected zone. Israeli maps are imprecise but the protected zone is outside the site of the strike. According to the media Bellingcat, the exact area of ​​the strike would be located on the border between two blocks on the unprotected side, a few dozen meters south of the protected block. But the demarcation between the two zones passes through the tents of displaced people. It is almost impossible to know which side of the virtual border you are on, so it is a place where the displaced thought they were safe.

Map provided by the Israeli army

“Protected zone” announced as expanded by the Israeli army, as well as press articles in Arabic.

Position of the camp: analysis of satellite images and geo-location carried out by the True or False team

Geo-location

Demarcation of zones: comparative analysis of maps, and details from Bellingcat media

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