At least seven dead in new Israeli bombings against a displaced persons camp in Rafah

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May 28. (EUROPA PRESS) –

At least three Palestinians died this Tuesday morning after new bombings by the Israeli Army against the displaced persons camp in the Tal al-Sultan neighborhood, located in the city of Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip, just one day later. after Israeli forces killed at least 45 people in a similar attack on the Barakasat displaced persons camp in the same area.

A projectile has hit a tent belonging to a family in the aforementioned camp, located in the west of Rafah, where several people have also been injured, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA.

In addition, another Palestinian has died in another attack against the same city, where the Indonesian Hospital was hit. In the center of the Strip, two civilians have died in the Bureij refugee camp, and two other people have lost their lives in another bombing of a home in Gaza City, in the north.

The attack on the Barakasat camp has sparked a wave of criticism and condemnation at an international level, and the impact has been such that, according to diplomatic sources consulted by the Al Jazeera television network or , the UN Security Council is going to hold an emergency closed-door meeting at the request of Algeria to discuss these attacks.

The Israeli Army confirmed the bombing, in which two senior Hamas officials responsible for the West Bank were killed, and acknowledged that “as a result of the attack and a fire that broke out in the area, several people other than those involved were injured” and He stated that he is “reviewing” the incident. Afterwards, the chief prosecutor of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) described the event as “very serious” and stressed that an investigation is underway.

Israel began an offensive against the Gaza Strip following Hamas attacks, which left 1,200 dead and 240 hostages. Since then, Gazan authorities have reported the deaths of more than 36,000 Palestinians, including more than 510 in the West Bank and East Jerusalem as a result of the actions of security forces and attacks by Israeli settlers.