Several adjacent classrooms were targeted inside an #UNRWA school full of displaced people. They were bombed with several war missiles.
Dozens of palestinians were murdered and many injuries after three classrooms were targeted at Al-Oula School, opposite Al-Majd Building in Al-Nuseirat Camp. The school houses a thousand displaced people.
#Oxfam has warned that Palestinians displaced by the Israeli war on Gaza are living in appalling conditions, with #children often going hungry for a whole day and thousands sharing the same toilet.
Daily briefing by the Ministry of Health in Gaza on day 242 of the Israeli genocide:
⭕ The Israeli occupation committed 7 massacres against families in the Gaza Strip during the past 24 hours, resulting in 71 documented fatalities and 182 injuries.
⭕ The documented Palestinian death toll has risen to 36,550 martyrs and 82,959 injuries since the seventh of last October.
⭕ The figures above only refer to the cases transported to hospitals and registered in the records of the Ministry of Health.
⭕ An unknown number of victims are still unaccounted for or missing under the rubble, as ambulance and civil defense crews cannot reach them.
Director Matthew Hollingworth of the World Food Programme (#WFP) describes the situation in southern Gaza’s #Rafah as dire, stating, "The sounds and smells of everyday life are horrific and apocalyptic."
He further explains that residents endure constant bombing, drones, and the presence of tanks in central Rafah, just kilometers away from where Palestinians have sought refuge.
During a virtual briefing with reporters, Hollingworth recounts the desperation of many Palestinians he spoke with, questioning whether to leave, attempt to cross the border into Egypt, or return to Gaza City. They express uncertainty about accessing aid in their time of need.
The Palestinian Civil Defense in Gaza says over 1,000 homes have been destroyed as a result of the recent Israeli ground onslaught on #Jabalia refugee camp.
The camp was one of the first refuge camps built after UK handed over Palestine to Jewish immigrants from Europe in 48 that led to creation of state of Israel followed by the ethnic cleansing of most of what is today the state of Israel.
US State Department official resigns, says US report on #Gaza inaccurate
A U.S. State Department official who quit this week said on Thursday her resignation was precipitated by an administration report to #Congress that she said falsely stated #Israel was not blocking #humanitarian aid to Gaza, prompting her to resign in protest of President Joe #Biden's Israel policy.
Stacy Gilbert, who served in the State Department’s Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration, was a subject matter expert working on the report.
"There is so clearly a right and wrong, and what is in that report is wrong," Gilbert said in an interview.
Two Red Crescent paramedics were murdered by #IDF while they were working in #Rafah last night. Their ambulance was hit directly and intentionally.
Of course the usual excuse by IDF is that there were #Hamas fighters in the ambulances. Ignoring that injured fighters are not legitimate targets, specially if they are inside an ambulance receiving care.
The Israeli regime army issued a statement this evening (Wednesday) claiming that it has gained operational control over the axis known as "Philadelphia" on the border lines of occupied Palestine and #Egypt.
Remember the BS talks by Al-Sisi, #Biden, #Sunak, #Macron and other assholes about the red lines in Rafah?
None of them lifting a finger about the slaughter of the innocent Palestinians who are stuck in #Rafah with no where to go.
The war the media doesn't show us: The #IDF's General Staff lost control over the units, especially reserve units, months ago. In Gaza, in the #WestBank and in bases in Israel, soldiers record themselves destroying Palestinian property and civilian infrastructure | Amos Harel
🔶️ Blowing up homes without permission and spreading political messages identified with the far right. What is photographed and distributed is only the tip of the iceberg
🔶️ The vast majority of offenses are committed beyond the range of cameras, and in the vast majority of these cases, the army responds weakly if at all. Some of the incidents are serving #ICJ prosecutors as proof of the allegations against Israel
Israeli Army Radio reports that a unit from the 50th Battalion of the Nahal Brigade entered a building in #Rafah after being hit by an anti-tank missile. Upon entry, an explosive device detonated, causing the building to collapse, killing three soldiers and seriously injuring others.
Another 3 criminals were killed by "friendly fire".
US-made CBU-39 munitions used in deadly strike on Rafah tent camp, CNN analysis shows noting that its use in a densely populated area is highly risky.
Munitions made in the United States were used in the deadly Israeli strike on a displacement camp in Rafah on Sunday, a CNN analysis of video from the scene and a review by explosive weapons experts has found.
The GBU-39/B Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) is a 250-pound (110 kg) precision-guided glide bomb that is intended to provide aircraft with the ability to carry a higher number of more accurate bombs. Most US Air Force aircraft will be able to carry (using the BRU-61/A rack) a pack of four SDBs in place of a single 2,000-pound (910 kg) bomb. It first entered service in 2006. The Ground Launched Small Diameter Bomb (GLSDB) was later developed to enable the SDB to be launched from a variety of ground launchers and configurations.
It is like clock work, always the same lies: The Israeli military suspects that munitions or some other combustible substance caused a secondary explosion and subsequent fire at a complex housing displaced Gazans in Rafah, following an airstrike aimed at two top Hamas assets.
The incident resulted in the deaths of Palestinian civilians, and an investigation is ongoing.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) had been tracking Hamas commanders Yassin Rabia and Khaled Najjar prior to the strike on the compound in the Tel Sultan neighborhood in western Rafah on Sunday night. According to #IDF intelligence, the area had been utilized for Hamas activities, including a nearby rocket launcher.
The military clarified that the strike occurred outside the designated “humanitarian zone” in the al-Mawasi region, which is over a kilometer away from the targeted compound. Steps were taken to ensure no civilians, particularly women and children, were present in the Hamas compound at the time of the attack.
Israeli fighter jets employed two small munitions, each carrying a 17-kilogram warhead, to minimize the risk of civilian casualties due to the proximity to the camp for displaced Palestinians.
Initial investigations by the IDF indicate that the two small missiles alone would not have been sufficient to ignite the fire. The probe suggests that ammunition, weapons, or other materials stored in the vicinity may have caused a secondary explosion and the resulting fire. #Rafah algemeiner.com/2024/05/28/idf-…
The aftermath of this morning's #massacre: #Israeli#occupation forces struck displaced Palestinians in tents inside the #UNRWA headquarters in #Rafah, resulting in the slaughter of Palestinian families.
Israeli tanks have entered the western #Rafah where over 400k innocent displaced Palestinians still living in tents, there is a risk of mass casualties.
This is too depressing. The freaking hypocrites of the west are just standing by and watching it happen.
Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza:
—
In light of the ongoing and expanding brutal "israeli" incursion in Rafah Governorate, and its deliberate targeting of numerous hospitals and primary care centers in the governorate, which has caused severe damage, the martyrdom of several health workers, and difficulty for citizens to access these facilities, the situation has led to the initial shutdown of Abu Youssef Al-Najjar Hospital, Abu Al-Walid Central Clinic, Rafah Field Hospital (2), and Kuwait Specialty Hospital.
As a result of the continued deliberate violations by the occupation against health institutions, with the targeting of the Indonesian Field Hospital last night and the bombing of the area around Tel Al-Sultan Clinic:
We note the shutdown of both the Indonesian Field Hospital and Tal Sultan Clinic in Rafah Governorate, leaving only Tal Al-Sultan Maternity Hospital struggling to continue providing services to patients in Rafah Governorate.
We reaffirm our call to all international and UN institutions to provide protection for all hospitals, health workers, and ambulances from the oppression and arrogance of the Israeli occupation.
After the barbaric bombings that the #IDF carried out in that area past nigh, the families were forced to flee from Tal al-Sultan in the west of #Rafah.
The decision to bomb a crowded displaced camp in order to kill two Hamas activists needs to be investigated by the International Criminal Court.
These investigations, as they are ongoing, deal with details and not mainly - decision makers and policy makers, the political rank and command that outlines the policies of attacking citizens, widespread destruction and population starvation have not been investigated and will not be investigated by israel
Following the global shock of the widespread killing in the camp, the Prime Minister, IDF spokesman and chief military prosecutor said that israel will investigate the events.
The Chief Military Prosecutor said the incident would be investigated by the "Chief Investigation Mechanism", a body Israel established after previous investigative mechanisms it was operating were found to not meet the most basic standards – of effectiveness, professionalism, objective, and transparency. In fact, it is another cover up tool.
As documented in studies by Bt'Selem and other human rights organizations, investigations of this kind are intended to create a false representation of internal investigation, in order to prevent the International Criminal Court from intervening and independently investigating the events.
Bt'Selem explained and fished that Israel does not want and can't investigate its actions in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. For example in the report "cover-up procedure" that examined their alleged investigation of the events of Zuk Eitan: btselem.org/hebrew/press_relea… (in #Hebrew)
פחות מיממה לאחר הריגתם של עשרות אזרחים, בהם 23 נשים וילדים, בהפצצה הישראלית על מחנה עקורים צפוף, נכנס מנגנון הטיוח הישראלי לפעולה. בעקבות הזעזוע העולמי מן הקטל הנרחב במחנה, אמרו ראש הממשלה, דובר צה"ל והפרקליטה הצבאית הראשית, כי ישראל תחקור את האירועים.
הפרקליטה הצבאית הראשית אמרה כי האירוע ייחקר על ידי "מנגנון הבדיקה המטכ"לי", גוף שישראל הקימה לאחר שמנגנוני החקירה הקודמים שהפעילה נתגלו ככאלה שאינם עונים לסטנדרטים הבסיסיים ביותר – של אפקטיביות, מקצועיות, אובייקטיביות, ושקיפות. למעשה, זהו עוד כלי של טיוח.
כפי שתועד במחקרים של בצלם ושל ארגוני זכויות אדם נוספים, חקירות מסוג זה מיועדות לייצר מצג שווא של חקירה פנימית, כדי למנוע מבית הדין הפלילי הבינלאומי להתערב ולחקור באופן עצמאי את האירועים.
בצלם הסביר והדגים כי ישראל איננה רוצה ואיננה יכולה לחקור את פעולותיה בגדה המערבית וברצועת עזה. כך למשל בדוח 'נוהל טיוח' שבדק את חקירתם לכאורה של אירועי צוק איתן >>btselem.org/.../20160920_white…
חקירות אלו, ככל שמתקיימות, עוסקות בפרטים ולא בעיקר - מקבלי ההחלטות וקובעי המדיניות, הדרג המדיני והפיקודי שמתווה את המדיניות של תקיפת אזרחים, הרס נרחב והרעבה של אוכלוסייה לא נחקרו ולא ייחקרו על ידי ישראל.
את ההחלטה להפציץ מחנה עקורים צפוף בכדי להרוג שני פעילי חמאס צריך לחקור בית הדין הפלילי הבינלאומי.