The Palestinian Authority presidency and Hamas accuse Israel of committing “massacre” during an airstrike that hit a center for displaced people in Rafah on Sunday, May 26. According to local authorities in the Gaza Strip, at least 45 people were killed and 249 injured. “I call on the Israeli authorities to conduct a full and transparent investigation”, demands in a press release the UN envoy for the Middle East, Tor Wennesland. It also requires “immediate measures to better protect civilians”. For its part, the Israeli government claims to be examining the facts concerning this bombing “really serious”. “Any loss of life, of civilian life, is something serious and awful”added Avi Hyman, executive spokesperson, also assuring that Israel was seeking to “limit civilian casualties”. Follow our live stream.
The Egyptian army announces the death of a border guard in “shooting” on the border with Rafah. Egyptian forces have announced the opening of an investigation into the death of a border guard in “shooting” at the Rafah border area, between Egypt and the Gaza Strip. For its part, the Israeli army said it was examining a “incident” involving “shots” at the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, adding that “discussions are underway with the Egyptians”.
Israel says it targeted two Hamas officials. The Israeli army claims that one of its planes “hit a Hamas compound in Rafah where major terrorists were operating”including two leaders of the Islamist movement in the West Bank, Yacine Rabia and Khaled Nagar. She believes that the strike was “carried out against legitimate targets under international law”but she adds that she had “vs“Reports that several civilians in the area have been injured”.
Israeli strike on Rafah could “hinder” truce negotiations, Qatar warns. This bombardment will “complicate ongoing mediation efforts and hinder efforts to reach an agreement for an immediate and lasting ceasefire in the Gaza Strip”worries the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Qatar, mediator country between Israel and Hamas, in a press release.
International reactions are multiplying. “These operations must stop. There are no safe areas in Rafah for Palestinian civilians.”reacted Emmanuel Macron onin a message where he said “unworthy”. LFranco-Palestinian activist Rima Hassan, candidate for the European elections on the list of La France insoumise, is calling for a rally in Paris at 6:30 p.m. Monday, followed by a march to the Israeli embassy. In the rest of the world, theEgypt castigated a “deliberate bombing” of Israel on “tents for displaced people”. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has promised that his country will “everything possible” so that the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and the authorities “barbarians are held accountable”. The head of European diplomacy Josep Borrell said he “horrified” by this news, asking that “these attacks stop immediately”in a message published on X.