The moves comes despite an order from the top U.N. court for Israel to halt its offensive in southern Gaza.
Displaced Palestinians inspect their tents destroyed by Israel's bombardment, adjunct to an UNRWA facility west of Rafah city, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, May 28, 2024.Israeli forces are pushing deeper into the southern Gaza city of Rafah, despite an order last week from the top U.N. court to halt its operation against Hamas there.
Israeli airstrikes have continued, NPR’s producer in Gaza reported, even after missiles aimed at Hamas militantsat an encampment for displaced Palestinians, which the residents had believed was a safe area. The Gaza Health Ministry said 45 people were killed in that attack. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the strike, which left another 200 people wounded, a “tragic mistake.”
Israel’s military says it used precision munitions and hadn’t expected harm to civilians from the attack, which it said targeted two Hamas figures who oversee operations in the West Bank. And many hospitals are barely functioning, unable to run enough generators to keep their equipment running as the casualties mount.
The battle for Rafah is being fought on Gaza’s border with Egypt, and Cairo has warned that any spillover of the conflict onto its own territory could undermine its peace treaty with Israel — long a linchpin of stability in the region.
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