{"id":2253711,"date":"2024-05-27T11:07:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-27T15:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israeli-airstrike-kills-dozens-in-rafah-tent-camp-authorities-say\/"},"modified":"2024-05-27T11:09:36","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T15:09:36","slug":"israeli-airstrike-kills-dozens-in-rafah-tent-camp-authorities-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israeli-airstrike-kills-dozens-in-rafah-tent-camp-authorities-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Authorities report Israeli airstrike claims multiple lives at Rafah tent camp"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fisraeli-airstrike-kills-dozens-in-rafah-tent-camp-authorities-say%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2253711&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Israel is\u200c currently conducting an investigation following reports of an airstrike that allegedly caused significant loss of life\u200b in a Rafah displacement camp. The Hamas-led authorities in Gaza\u200c have claimed that upwards of 45 people were\u200d killed and close to 250 injuries were \u2064sustained\u2063 in the airstrike. Israel&#8217;s \u200bjustification for \u2062the airstrike was to target senior Hamas \u2064terrorists. However, Gazan authorities assert the strike unintentianlly hit Rafah\u2019s Tel al Sultan neighborhood and led to rampant \u2064fires within the camp. Israel&#8217;s top military lawyer, Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, remarked the incident as &#8220;very grave&#8221; and confirmed an ongoing investigation.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Rafah\">Israel<\/a> is investigating after reports that an airstrike it conducted in Rafah killed dozens of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/far-left-cheers-as-homeless-group-seizes-hotel-near-tacoma-city-leaders-negotiating-with-group-as-police-refuse-to-intervene\/\" title=\"Far Left Cheers As Homeless Group Seizes Hotel Near Tacoma; City Leaders Negotiating With Group As Police Refuse To Intervene\">people inside<\/a> a tent camp for displaced people.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities in Hamas-run <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gaza\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Gaza<\/a> said that at least 45 people were killed and nearly 250 were injured in the airstrike, which Israel said targeted two senior <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/hamas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Hamas<\/a> terrorists. Gazan authorities said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/idf-top-lawyer-says-very-grave-rafah-incident-being-investigated\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>the strike<\/a> hit Rafah\u2019s Tel al Sultan neighborhood and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/major-explosion-damages-only-bridge-linking-russia-and-crimea\/\" title=\"Major Explosion Damages Only Bridge Linking Russia and Crimea\">caused fires<\/a> that ripped through the tent encampment.<\/p>\n<p>Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, Israel\u2019s top military lawyer, said the incident was \u201cvery grave\u201d on Monday and that it was being investigated, according to the <em>Times of Israel<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe details of the incident are still under an investigation, which we are committed to conducting to the fullest extent,\u201d she said at a conference.<\/p>\n<p>If the death toll is confirmed, the airstrike <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2024\/05\/26\/rafah-tent-camp-israel-airstrike\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>would mark<\/a> the deadliest incident in Rafah since Israel began its incursion into the area earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>The White House\u2019s National Security Council is aware of the situation and is in the process of gathering more information about the strike, an official told <em>Axios<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the Israel Defense Forces said that the airstrike was carried out in order to eliminate Hamas targets in the region. It acknowledged reports civilians were harmed and said that the incident is under review.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe strike was carried out against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-authorizes-another-200-million-in-ukraine-military-aid\/\" title=\"Biden Authorizes Another 0 Million in Ukraine Military Aid\">legitimate targets<\/a> under international law, using precise munitions and on the basis of precise intelligence that indicated Hamas\u2019 use of the area,\u201d the IDF statement read.<\/p>\n<p>Some 900,000 Palestinians <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3013407\/biden-administration-softens-rafah-rhetoric-following-mass-evacuation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>have fled<\/a> from Rafah this month after the IDF issued evacuation orders for parts of the city earlier this month after Hamas launched an attack from Rafah near a key border crossing that is the primary entry point for humanitarian aid.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The war in Gaza has been raging since shortly after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack against Israel, which left hundreds of Israeli civilians dead and marked the first invasion of Israeli soil since 1948.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, Israel has sought to eliminate Hamas\u2019s terrorist network, a bloody prospect that has resulted in the deaths of civilians in the densely packed Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel probes reports of an airstrike in Rafah, leading to numerous fatalities at a camp for displaced individuals. Gaza&#8217;s Hamas-led authorities report at least 45 deaths and 250 injuries. While Israel asserts the raid was aimed at two high-ranking Hamas terrorists, Gazan officials counter this claim<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2683,"featured_media":2253712,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/gaza-1024x591.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2253711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/gaza-1024x591.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2253711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2683"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2253711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2253711\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2253712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2253711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2253711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2253711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}