Israeli airstrike on Rafah tent camp kills 45, triggers new wave of condemnation
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🗓️ 27 May 2024
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| 0:00.0 | More now on yesterday's Israeli airstrike on a tent camp in Raffa. At least 45 |
| 0:06.0 | Palestinians were killed according to local health officials. Israel said it was |
| 0:10.3 | targeting to Hamas leaders. This comes just days after the |
| 0:13.8 | international court of justice ordered Israel to halt its offensive. |
| 0:17.6 | Panic and horror in ruffa last night as flames rage through a camp for |
| 0:25.8 | displaced Palestinians. After an Israeli airstrike triggered a massive blaze. |
| 0:34.0 | Civilians burnt alive, and children decapitated. |
| 0:41.0 | Rescuers rushed to help anyone pulled from the rubble. |
| 0:44.0 | We were sitting at the door of the house safely. |
| 0:48.0 | Suddenly we heard the sound of a missile. |
| 0:50.0 | We went into the house and we found a girl and a young man who had been cut into pieces. |
| 0:57.0 | By sunrise a charred skeleton of the tent camp is all that remained. |
| 1:02.0 | Survivors search the ashes for anything to salvage. |
| 1:05.4 | A prayer mat, pairs of shoes, or a Quran now destroyed. We were praying and we were getting our children's beds ready to sleep. |
| 1:17.0 | Then we heard a very loud noise and fire erupted around us. |
| 1:21.0 | All the children started screaming and all the nearby rooms were shaking. |
| 1:25.0 | The strike hit Gaza's southernmost tip in the Thal-Al-Sotan neighborhood of Raffa, |
| 1:30.0 | where thousands of people were sheltering. |
| 1:32.0 | Israel's military said it occurred outside of the designated humanitarian area, |
| 1:37.0 | including Al-Mawasi, where it had ordered Palestinians to evacuate earlier this month. |
| 1:43.0 | Israeli officials said the airstrike targeted and killed two top Hamas commanders |
| 1:47.5 | using small warheads that were precision guided, but the casualties were outstanding. |
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