An Israeli aerial attack on the Tal al-Sultan neighborhood of Rafah, southern Gaza, set off a fire that ripped through a tent camp for displaced people, killing at least 45 Palestinians late Sunday.
The deadly attack came less than three days after the International Court of Justice demanded an immediate halt to Israel’s military offensive in Rafah “which may inflict on the Palestinian group in Gaza conditions of life that could bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part.”
Horrific images from the Rafah massacre prompted widespread scorn from world leaders and global organizations.
Video and photographs that emerged from the Rafah massacre are “some of the worst we have seen in the past seven and [a] half months,” stated Al Mezan, a human rights group based in Gaza. ….more
