May 27, 2024 - Israel-Hamas war

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Israeli bombings in various areas of Gaza killed at least six people and wounded several others, the Palestinian news agency Wafa said early Tuesday morning, citing medical sources in Gaza.

An Israeli strike on a house in the Daraj neighborhood of Gaza City killed at least two people and wounded others, Wafa said.

Israeli artillery shelling targeting a tent of displaced people in Tal al-Sultan, northwest of Rafah, killed three people and wounded several others, Wafa reported.

Israeli artillery shelling in the city of Rafah killed a young man, according to Wafa.

CNN has reached out to the Israel Defense Forces for comment. 

Palestinians assess the destruction after an Israeli strike on an area where displaced people were staying in Rafah on Monday.

International outcry is mounting over Israel’s airstrike on a camp for displaced Palestinians in Rafah that killed at least 45 people and wounded 200 others, many of whom were women and children.

In response, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the strike a “tragic error” and said that Israel was investigating the incident.

Footage obtained by CNN showed the camp in flames, with scores of men, women and children frantically trying to find cover from the nighttime assault. Burned bodies, including those of children, could be seen being pulled by rescuers from the wreckage.

The strike came days after the International Court of Justice ordered Israel to halt its offensive in the city, and several humanitarian organizations have called on the UN Security Council to enforce the court’s orders, saying “immediate action is required.”

A growing list of countries, world leaders and aid agencies have now condemned the strike, saying “there is no safe space in Gaza.”

Here’s some of the international reactions:

This post has been updated after additional review of the translation from Hebrew to English, to clarify the wording used by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he referred to a deadly Israeli strike on Rafah, Gaza.The word ‘error’ was originally translated as ‘mistake’.

Several global aid organizations penned a joint letter on Monday calling on the UN Security Council to enforce the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) orders that Israel “immediately halt” its military offensive in Rafah.

France and Germany have joined a chorus of growing global outrage over the Israeli’s strike on the displacement camp in Rafah that killed at least 45 people on Sunday, including women and children.

In a post on X, French President Emmanuel Macron said he was “outraged by the Israeli strikes that have killed many displaced persons in Rafah.”

“These operations must stop. There are no safe areas in Rafah for Palestinian civilians,” he said. “I call for full respect for international law and an immediate ceasefire.”

Germany’s Foreign Office described the “images of charred bodies, including children, from the airstrike” as “unbearable.”

“The exact circumstances must be clarified and an IDF investigation launched swiftly. The civilian population in Gaza must urgently be better protected,” it said in a post on X.

Remember: The Israeli strike hit a displacement camp in southern Gaza’s Rafah, killing at least 45 people and injuring more than 200. Most of those killed and wounded were women and children, according to the Gaza Health Ministry and Palestinian medics. Footage obtained by CNN showed the camp in flames, after a fire broke out at the camp following the strike, with scores of men, women and children frantically trying to find cover from the nighttime assault. 

Relatives of Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks on Rafah mourn in Rafah, Gaza on Monday.

UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths has harshly criticized Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for calling Sunday’s deadly Israeli airstrike on a Rafah camp housing displaced people “a tragic error.”

At least 45 people were killed and 200 wounded in the airstrike, Gazan authorities said.

Netanyahu said on Monday that the airstrike had gone tragically wrong.

“Despite our best effort not to harm those not involved, unfortunately a tragic error happened last night. We are investigating the case,” the prime minister said in a speech at the Israel parliament.

This post has been updated after additional review of the translation from Hebrew to English, to clarify the wording used by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he referred to a deadly Israeli strike on Rafah, Gaza.The word ‘error’ was originally translated as ‘mistake’.

The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting to discuss a deadly Israeli airstrike on a displaced person tent camp in the southern Gaza city of Rafah on Sunday, according to a UN diplomat.

The meeting was requested by Algeria, the diplomat said.

The Security Council will hold private discussions on Tuesday afternoon at 3.30 p.m., the diplomat added.

UN Secretary-General Antònio Guterres issued a blistering condemnation on Monday.

Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a camp for internally displaced people in Rafah on Monday.

Israel has told the Biden administration that it used a precision munition to hit a target in Rafah on Sunday, but that shrapnel from the explosion ignited a fuel tank nearby and started a fire that engulfed a camp for displaced Palestinians and led to dozens of deaths, a US official told CNN.

The United States has not been able to independently confirm the Israeli explanation, the official said. It is not clear whether the US will conduct its own assessment— throughout the course of the war, the Biden administration has typically relied on Israel to investigate itself and share its findings with US officials.

At least 45 people were killed and 200 were wounded as a result of the Israeli strike. The Israeli military claimed it struck a Hamas compound in the area, killing two senior officials from the militant group.

The Israel Defense Forces also claimed publicly that the target was not located inside the humanitarian area of Rafah where Palestinians were told to move amid Israel’s operations in southern Gaza.

An Israeli airstrike on a camp for displaced Palestinians in Rafah killed dozens of people on Sunday, prompting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday to call the attack a “tragic mistake.” The Israeli military said it’s investigating the incident in the southern Gaza city.

This comes as global leaders urged Israel to adhere to Friday’s ruling by the International Court of Justice, ordering it to halt its military operations in Rafah.

Here’s what else to know:

Death toll: At least 45 people were killed and over 200 wounded in the strike, according to the Gaza ministry of health. Most of them were women and children, according to the Palestinian authorities. Footage obtained by CNN showed the camp in flames, with scores of men, women and children frantically trying to find cover from the nighttime assault. Burned bodies, including those of children, could be seen being pulled by rescuers from the wreckage.

US response: A National Security Council spokesperson said Monday that the strike was “heartbreaking,” adding that the United States was “actively engaging” with officials in Israel to determine what precisely happened.

International reaction: UN Secretary-General António Guterres condemned the strike, saying “This horror must stop.” Other international figures who weighed in included French President Emmanuel Macron, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and the European Union’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell.

Another strike: An Israeli airstrike on a home in the Al-Zarqa neighborhood of northern Gaza on Monday killed at least five people, including a 4-year-old girl, according to the Palestinian Civil Defense in Gaza. CNN video in the aftermath shows rescue workers sifting through what remained of the building, searching for survivors in near-complete darkness.

Hospital in Rafah closes: The Kuwaiti Hospital in central Rafah was forced to close on Monday after the Israeli military attacks increased around the hospital. Recent, “repeated and deliberate” attacks by Israeli forces had led to the death of two staff working in the hospital, as well as the injury of five medical staff, according to Dr. Suhaib Al-Hims, director of the Kuwaiti hospital. The remaining medical teams were being transferred to a field hospital that is being prepared in the Al-Mawasi area of Gaza, Al-Hims said.

Egypt-Israel tensions: The Israeli attack on the border corridor creates an “uncontrollable situation, in the field and psychologically, that can lead to an escalation,” Egyptian state-affiliated Al-Qahera News reported Monday, citing an Egyptian security source. An Egyptian military spokesperson said a person was killed during a shooting incident. Israel’s military also acknowledged that a shooting occurred.

The Israeli attack on the Philadelphi corridor creates an “uncontrollable situation, in the field and psychologically, that can lead to an escalation,” Egyptian state-affiliated Al-Qahera News reported on Monday, citing an Egyptian security source.

“We warn against compromising the security and safety of Egyptian security personnel deployed on the border,” the source said, as cited by Al-Qahera News.

What’s happening: The relationship between Egypt and Israel became tense after Israeli troops moved into an area known as the Philadelphi Corridor and took control of the Rafah crossing earlier this month. The corridor is a 14-kilometer (about 8.7-mile) long and 100-meter-wide strip along the border between Gaza and Egypt.

Egypt’s military spokesperson said a person was killed during a shooting incident Monday on the border. Israel’s military also acknowledged that a “shooting incident” had occurred. Investigations are underway.

The Kuwaiti Hospital in central Rafah was forced to close on Monday after the Israeli military attacks increased around the hospital.

The remaining medical teams were being transferred to a field hospital that is being prepared in the Al-Mawasi area of Gaza, Al-Hims said.

Earlier on Monday, the Ministry of Health in Gaza reported that an Israeli drone strike killed two staff members while they were on duty in front of the gate. They were identified as Rashid Mohammed Saeed Barhoum, 23, and Musab Sami Dakhlallah Al-Araj, 22.

Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières) strongly denounced Sunday’s deadly Israeli airstrike on a Rafah camp housing displaced people and called for an “immediate and sustained ceasefire” in Gaza.

The airstrike came “just a few days after the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered Israel to halt all military operations in Rafah,” MSF noted in a statement Monday.

MSF said the airstrike on the camp “shows the complete disregard for the lives of civilians in Gaza.”

“We are shocked by the continuous attacks on civilians, and we have no word to describe the horror of what we’ve seen here in Gaza,” Gaia Giletta, MSF nurse activity manager, said in a voice note from Gaza.

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said the airstrike had gone tragically wrong.

“Despite our best effort not to harm those not involved, unfortunately a tragic mistake happened last night. We are investigating the case,” Netanyahu said in a speech at the Israeli parliament Monday.

At least 45 people were killed and 200 wounded in the the Israeli strike, according to the government media office in Gaza.

Fire rages following an Israeli strike on an area designated for displaced Palestinians in Rafah, in this still picture taken from a video, on Sunday.

Children and women living in makeshift tents were among those killed in an Israeli airstrike on a camp for displaced people in Rafah on Sunday, according to a statement on social media from a top UN official.

The reporting is based on open-source photos and videos which were shared with UNRWA, including from social media, UNRWA spokesperson Juliette Touma told CNN.

The scenes from the city in southern Gaza are harrowing, Lazzarini said Monday, adding reports of more casualties continue to come.

The strike: At least 45 people were killed and 200 wounded after the Israeli strike hit a camp for displaced people, according to the government media office in Gaza. 

Some UNWA staff in Rafah are unaccounted for and it has been challenging for the organization to establish contact with UNRWA teams in Rafah on Monday.

“The military operation in Rafah must immediately end,” Lazzarini said, adding he was dismayed by the “lack of implementation of the recent order of the International Court of Justice regarding Rafah.”

The ICJ on Friday ordered Israel to “immediately halt” its military offensive in Rafah.

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An Israeli airstrike on a home in the Al-Zarqa neighborhood of northern Gaza on Monday killed at least five people, including a 4-year-old girl, according to the Palestinian Civil Defense in Gaza.

CNN video in the aftermath shows ambulances arriving at the scene, with paramedics, rescue workers, and local people clambering on top of the destroyed building.

The building was struck at 1:30 a.m., flattening the house, rescue workers said. Video shows, large pieces of metal and concrete that made up the structure crumpled in a heap of jagged debris.

Rescue workers are shown sifting through what remained of the building searching for survivors in near complete darkness, but they find no one alive.

They carefully and respectfully retrieve the dead from under the rubble, including the body of a girl, Qamar Al-Batran, who is 4 years old.

Carrying a flashlight and basic materials, a civil defense worker is seen trying to pull the young girl’s body from under the rubble but struggles with a cement ceiling pressing down on her lower body. He says he needs a large hammer to break it down.

The girl is seen being carried and taken on a stretcher to the front of the building where the ambulances are waiting. A couple of women rush to the ambulance, hug the girl’s body and scream out in horror at the sight.

Palestinians gather on Monday at the site of an Israeli strike in Rafah.

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Sunday’s deadly Israeli airstrike on a Rafah camp had gone tragically wrong.

At least 45 people were killed and 200 wounded after the Israeli strike hit a camp for displaced people, according to the government media office in Gaza.

The Israeli military’s General Staff’s Fact-Finding and Assessment Mechanism is investigating an airstrike carried out in Rafah on Sunday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement on Monday.

This post has been updated after additional review of the translation from Hebrew to English, to clarify the wording used by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he referred to a deadly Israeli strike on Rafah, Gaza. The word ‘error’ was originally translated as ‘mistake’.

The United Nation’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has decried Israel’s “horrific” strike on a camp housing displaced people in Rafah on Sunday. 

“The images from the camp are horrific and point to no apparent change in the methods and means of warfare used by Israel that have already led to so many civilian deaths,” Türk said in a statement Monday. 

Türk echoed remarks given by his UN colleague, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) spokesperson Juliette Touma to CNN earlier Monday, highlighting how the strike shows “there is literally no safe place in Gaza.” 

Despite noting the Israeli military’s plans to carry out a review into the strike, Türk called it “shockingly clear” that the decision to strike an area “densely packed with civilians” resulted in the “entirely predictable outcome” of at least 45 deaths. 

The top UN official called on Israel to abide by the order from the International Court of Justice last week and halt its ground offensive in Rafah entirely. He also urged Palestinian armed groups to stop firing rockets indiscriminately into Israel “in clear violation of international humanitarian law” and release all of the hostages held in Gaza “at once.” 

European Council President Charles Michel on Monday also called the strikes “horrendous” and urged Israel to stop its offensive in Rafah. 

“Horrendous to see innocent Palestinian civilians killed in the recent attack. There is no safe zone for the internally displaced in Rafah,” Michel said on X.

At a meeting of foreign ministers in Brussels, Turkey has argued that recognition of a Palestinian state should not be contingent on negotiations with Israel, according to a Turkish diplomatic source.

Delaying recognition “only buys more time for Israel,” the source told CNN. 

Turkey also pressed for sustainable financing for the Palestinian Authority, the source said, adding that Israel is freezing Palestinian revenues as a method of exerting pressure.

CNN has asked the Israeli government for comment on those claims.

Turkey also criticized the low level of international aid, saying: “What is being done under the name of aid to Palestinians is similar to keeping a tortured person barely alive with an IV.”

Palestinians gather on Monday at the site of an Israeli strike in Rafah.

An Israeli strike in Rafah that left dozens of civilians dead is “heartbreaking,” a National Security Council spokesperson said on Monday, adding the US was “actively engaging” with officials in Israel to determine what precisely happened.

The official added that the US is actively engaged with Israel Defense Forces on the ground “to assess what happened, and understand that the IDF is conducting an investigation.”

Here’s what we know: At least 45 people were killed and 200 were wounded in an Israeli strike on a camp for displaced people in Rafah on Sunday, according to Gazan authorities. The Israeli military claimed it struck a Hamas compound in the area, killing two senior officials from the militant group.

Remember: The US has repeatedly warned Israel against a large-scale ground invasion of Rafah without a plan to protect the million-plus civilians who are sheltering there.

Speaking following a visit to Israel last week, US national security adviser Jake Sullivan said he had detected “refinements” to Israel’s plan, which he said was now more “targeted and limited” in scale.

US President Joe Biden has said he would not provide heavy bombs to Israel in support of a Rafah operation, but has recently approved a $1 billion military aid package that includes tank ammunition and mortar rounds.

Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a camp for internally displaced people in Rafah, Gaza, on May 27.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it is investigating the airstrike that killed dozens of people in Rafah on Sunday, according to Gazan authorities.

In a statement Monday, the IDF said its General Staff’s Fact-Finding and Assessment Mechanism had launched an investigation into the “circumstances of the deaths of civilians in the area of the strike.”

The mechanism is an independent body responsible for examining allegations of misconduct in conflict. Military Advocate General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi ordered the investigation to be carried out, the IDF said.

Some background: At least 45 people were killed and 200 wounded after the strike hit a camp for displaced people, according the government media office in Gaza.

The IDF said the attack was conducted based on “prior intelligence” indicating that senior officials of Hamas’s West Bank wing were present at the site, and that it had assessed there would be “no expected harm to civilians.”

Palestinians with disabilities in Gaza fear they will be killed first because of limited opportunities to flee due to their impairment, the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons and Disabilities (CRPD) said in a release on Monday.

Among the examples cited was that of a 14-year-old girl with cerebral palsy who had lost her assistive devices, including a wheelchair, and had to be carried by her parents while fleeing from the north of Gaza to the south amid Israel’s offensive.

At one point, the girl told her family: “Leave me here, and you run away,” the committee said. The girl survived but is at risk of being displaced again, it added.

The CPRD called for an immediate ceasefire and underscored the obligation to the Convention on the Rights of Persons and Disabilities, which calls for all necessary measures to ensure the protection and safety of people with disabilities in situations of risk, including in armed conflict.

CNN has previously reported on the struggles of disabled Palestinians in Gaza. Read more here.

The border zone between Egypt and Gaza on March 30.

Egypt’s military spokesperson said a person was killed during a shooting incident Monday on the border between Egypt and Gaza. Israel’s military also acknowledged that a “shooting incident” had occurred.

The Egyptian statement did not identify the person killed, or whether the person belonged to the Egyptian military. Instead, it described the person as “one of the personnel in charge of security.”

The spokesperson, Colonel Gharib Abdel-Hafez, said the Egyptian military is conducting an investigation into the incident.

Separately, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the incident had taken place “a few hours ago” and is now under review. “Discussions are being held with the Egyptians,” the IDF said in a statement.

Some background: The relationship between Egypt and Israel became tense after Israeli troops moved into an area known as the Philadelphi Corridor and took control of the Rafah crossing earlier this month. The Philadelphi Corridor is a 14-kilometer (about 8.7-mile) long and 100-meter-wide strip of land running along the border between Gaza and Egypt.

Hours after Israel’s airstrike on a displacement camp in Rafah, smoke is seen rising above the site with torn up cars and charred belongings scattered on the destroyed pavement.

Dozens of residents, including children gathered around the camp, sifted through blackened clothes, blankets and mattresses to recover whatever is salvageable. CNN video from the scene shows people walking over what used to be their shelter and appear to be in shock over the destruction.

Ranin Miqdad, who was living in the camp, told CNN that Israeli forces did not warn residents before they struck the area during what she called a “terrifying night.”

“People flew away here and there, we needed flashlights to find the remains of little children,” she added.

Ranin said residents who survived the attack are now trying to leave the camp out of fear. Others, like her, don’t have the means to go anywhere, and have nowhere to go, she said.

French President Emmanuel Macron said he was “outraged” over Israel’s strike on a camp for displaced people in Rafah on Sunday, which Gazan authorities say killed at least 45 people.

“I call for full respect for international law and an immediate ceasefire,” Macron added.

The strikes happened days after Macron welcomed the Foreign Ministers of Qatar, Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia in Paris for talks on the situation in Gaza.

European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell speaks to the media ahead of a meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on May 27.

Israel must abide by the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) ruling to immediately halt its operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, the European Union’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said Monday.

Borrell added that Hamas launching rockets into Israel “doesn’t respect the rules of the world.” His comments follow Hamas claiming responsibility for firing rockets at Tel Aviv on Sunday.

He also said that Israel accusing the International Criminal Court (ICC) of antisemitism is “completely unacceptable.”

Last week, the ICC’s chief prosecutor Karim Khan said the court was seeking arrest warrants for Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and defense minister Yoav Gallant, alongside three top Hamas leaders, including Hamas leader in Gaza Yahya Sinwar.

Mourners react next to the bodies of Palestinians killed in an Israeli strike in Rafah, Gaza, on May 27.

The death toll from Israel’s airstrike on a displacement camp in Rafah has risen to 45, including over 200 wounded, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza.

The ministry said seven Israeli strikes killed 66 people across the Strip in the last 24 hours.

It said that in all 36,050 people have been killed and 81,026 injured since October 7.

Palestinians at the scene of an Israeli attack in Rafah, Gaza, on May 27.

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said that his country “will do everything” in its power to hold Israeli officials accountable after Israel struck a displacement camp in Rafah.

Erdogan said the strike is “a massacre which took place after the International Court of Justice’s call to halt the attacks” and called Israel a “terrorist state.”

The European Union aims to agree to a proposal to relaunch the EU border mission at the Rafah crossing point, on the southern Gaza border with Egypt, the bloc’s top diplomat Josep Borrell said Monday.

The EU Border Assistance Mission (EUBAM) in Rafah has been in “standby mode” since 2007, when Hamas took control of the Gaza Strip. The mission was initially launched in 2005 to provide a third-party presence at the Rafah Crossing Point (RCP) on the Gaza-Egypt border.

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock speaks to the press ahead of the European Union Foreign Ministers meeting held in Brussels, Belgium, on May 27.

The order by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for Israel to halt its military operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah is “binding” and has “to be followed,” German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said Monday.

“These provisional measures of the ICJ, they are binding and of course they have to be followed,” she told journalists in Brussels ahead of the EU foreign ministers’ meeting.

“International law, international humanitarian law, applies to everyone, including Israeli warfare,” Baerbock added. 

British jurist Malcolm Shaw, center, and Yaron Wax, left, look on at the International Court of Justice during the case brought before the Hague-based court by South Africa accusing Israel of genocide, in The Hague, Netherlands, on May 24.

Strained relations: The call from Germany, one of Israel’s foremost allies, represents the growing diplomatic pressure on Israel to rein in its military offensive in Gaza.

Germany has also been involved in legal challenges at the ICJ. Last month, Nicaragua accused Germany of “facilitating genocide” in Gaza and requested that the court order Germany to suspend weapons sales to Israel. The ICJ struck down Nicaragua’s demand by 15 votes to one.

An Israeli strike on a camp for displaced Palestinians in Rafah killed dozens of people on Sunday. Video from the site showed scenes of horror: charred bodies being pulled from rubble, a man holding the headless body of a child, fire raging from tents in the background.

The strike, which Israel’s military claimed killed two senior Hamas officials, came just hours after the militant group fired rockets at Tel Aviv for the first time in months.

It prompted several countries to call on Israel to abide by the ruling of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which on Friday ordered Israel to “immediately halt” its military offensive in Rafah.

Here are the latest developments:

The chief prosecutor for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the details of the Rafah strike are still under review, and that the IDF is “committed to seeing it through to conclusion.”

“Some of the incidents, like last night’s incident in Rafah, are very difficult. The details of yesterday’s event are still under review, and we are committed to seeing it through to conclusion,” the prosecutor said.

She added that the “IDF regrets any harm to un-involved civilians during the war.”

Palestinians at a morgue mourn over the bodies of relatives killed in an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, Gaza, on May 27.

Egypt condemned Israel’s strike on Rafah in southern Gaza, in a foreign ministry statement Monday.

Israel’s strike targeted an area designated by Israel as a “safe zone” in Tal al-Sultan, northwest of Rafah, the Gaza government media office said.

In its statement, Egypt called on Israel to implement the measures issued Friday by the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which ordered Israel to “halt military operations” in Rafah and to “comply with its responsibilities as an occupying power.” 

Egypt will host another round of indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas on Tuesday.

Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a camp area housing internally displaced people in Rafah, Gaza, on May 27.

UNRWA, the main United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, does not know whether Israel’s deadly strike on the southern Gaza city of Rafah damaged any of the agency’s buildings or killed any of its workers, spokesperson Juliette Touma told CNN Monday.

The agency has 13,000 staff members working in Gaza, the majority of whom have been displaced and are taking refuge in several locations, including open areas, the spokesperson said.

At least 35 people were killed in an Israeli strike on Rafah’s Tal Al Sultan last night, according to Gaza’s health authorities. Videos obtained by CNN showed tents on fire and charred bodies being pulled from the location. Israel said it killed two Hamas commanders in the strike using “precision munitions” and is reviewing the incident.

The movement of people inside Gaza is “so rapid and frequent” that it is difficult to keep up with their needs, Touma said, as UNRWA battles additional restrictions on bringing in aid since Israel started its military operation in Rafah on May 6.

Palestinians at the scene of an Israeli attack in Rafah, Gaza, on May 27.

Qatar said Israel’s strike on a Rafah displacement camp could “hinder” ongoing negotiations aiming for the release of hostages and reaching a ceasefire in Gaza.

The Qatari foreign ministry said Monday that the strike is a “serious violation of international laws” and expressed concern that it “would complicate the ongoing mediation efforts.”

Israel said it killed two Hamas commanders using “precise munitions” in the strike. Gaza health authorities said 35 people were killed, mostly women and children. Video obtained by CNN shows tent-like structures on fire and charred bodies being pulled from rubble.

Talks to resume: Negotiations between Israel and Hamas for a ceasefire-and-hostage-swap deal are set to resume in Cairo on Tuesday, according to an Egyptian official. Talks between Israel and Hamas have stalled for months, with both parties failing to reach an agreement over differences on key demands. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has expressed strong opposition to the demands made by Hamas.

Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares, center, Norway's Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide, right, and Ireland's Foreign Minister Micheal Martin hold a press conference in Brussels, Belgium, on May 27.

Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares said he will ask European Union member states to officially back the International Court of Justice (ICJ) order for Israel to halt its military operation in Rafah.

Speaking Monday alongside the Irish and Norwegian foreign ministers at a news conference in Brussels, Albares said he would ask the other 26 EU members to declare their backing of the ICJ’s decision and that, if Israel opposes the court’s decision, “to take the right measures to enforce that decision and to back one of the most important bodies of the UN charter.”

Last week, Spain, Ireland and Norway announced they will formally recognize a Palestinian state.

Some background: On Friday, the ICJ ordered Israel to immediately halt its military operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, further increasing international pressure on Israel as it wages its war against Hamas.

Israeli Minister for Foreign Affairs Israel Katz speaks at the United Nations Headquarters on March 11 in New York City.

Israel on Monday moved to ban the Spanish consulate in Jerusalem from providing consular services to Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.

The move comes after Spain, alongside Norway and Ireland, announced plans to recognize a Palestinian state from May 28.

Announcing what he called “initial punitive measures” against the consulate, Israel’s Foreign Minister Israel Katz referenced the Spanish Inquisition — a powerful office set up in the 15th century and empowered by the Catholic Church that is associated with the torture and displacement of tens of thousands of people.

Those comments hark back to a dark chapter of Spain’s history.

Medieval Spain was a multi-faith nation with large Muslim and Jewish populations. But at the turn of the 16th century, Jewish and Muslim communities became the target of brutal persecution.

Spain’s King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella proclaimed that all Jews were to be expelled from the country.

Many faced pressure to convert to Christianity. The Jews who were forced to renounce Judaism and embrace Catholicism were known as “Conversos,” or converts. There were also those who feigned conversion, practicing Catholicism outwardly while covertly practicing Judaism, known as “Marranos,” or swine.

Over a 350-year period, tens of thousands of people were tortured, expelled or killed as the Inquisition moved to stamp out heresy in Spain and its colonies.

Palestinians put out a fire at the site of an Israeli strike on an area designated for displaced people, in Rafah, Gaza, on May 27.

More than 20 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes across Gaza overnight, with nine killed in the southern city of Rafah, according to medical sources. 

An Israeli airstrike on Barbarah refugee camp in central Rafah killed one person, Kuwait Specialized Hospital in the western part of the city said.

In the Tel Al-Sultan neighborhood of Rafah, three people including a pregnant woman, were reportedly killed following an Israeli strike on a house belonging to the Abu Shabika family that was sheltering internally displaced people, the hospital said.

Five others were killed in an Israeli airstrike in western Rafah, the hospital added.

Injuries were also reported following strikes on the Yabna refugee camp in Rafah, including damage to five houses, according to the Kuwait Specialized Hospital.

In northern Gaza, five people were killed and a number of others injured following Israeli airstrikes on the Batran family home, according to the Palestinian Civil Defense in Gaza.

Nine people were killed, including four children and a woman, in Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza during Israeli artillery shelling, according to Al Awda and Al Aqsa Martyrs hospital.

The hospital added that others were injured following an Israeli airstrike on the Halaw family house, which is also in the Nuseirat refugee camp.

Also in central Gaza, a child was killed following Israeli shelling on the Bureij refugee camp, Al Aqsa Martyrs hospital added.

Israel has sent a diplomatic note “prohibiting the Spanish consulate in Jerusalem from providing consular services” to Palestinian residents in the occupied West Bank, Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Monday.

The Spanish consulate in Jerusalem provides consular services, including the issuance of visas for Palestinians from the occupied West Bank.

The move comes after Spain, alongside Norway and Ireland, announced plans last week to formally recognize a Palestinian state from May 28.

Spain’s Second Deputy Prime Minister Yolanda Díaz posted a video to X on Wednesday in which she said, “Palestine will be free from the river to the sea.” 

What it means: The phrase “from the river to the sea” has long been heard at pro-Palestinian rallies around the world and is often accompanied by the phrase “Palestine will be free.” There has been debate regarding the phrase, with some saying it demands equal rights and the independence of Palestinians, while others say it is a denial of Israel’s right to exist.

Aid trucks loaded with supplies for Gaza are waiting near the Egyptian-Palestinian border in preparation to enter Kerem Abu Salem crossing on May 26, in Rafah, Egypt.

At least 35 people were killed in an Israeli strike on a camp for displaced people in Rafah on Sunday, according to the Gaza Health Ministry and Palestinian medics, shortly after Hamas fired a barrage of rockets at Tel Aviv for the first time in months.

Gazan authorities and medics say the attack hit a displacement camp that had been designated by Israel as a “safe zone.” The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the bombardment hit a militant compound in the area, killing two senior Hamas officials.

Videos shared on social media show a large fire at the site, which included a large container used as a shelter for dozens of families, surrounded by hundreds of tents.

Below are the latest updates:

In this video still, fire rages following an Israeli strike on an area designated for displaced Palestinians in Rafah, Gaza, on May 26.

At least 35 people were killed in an Israeli strike on a camp for displaced people in Rafah on Sunday, according to the Gaza Health Ministry and Palestinian medics.

Videos shared on social media show a large fire at the site, with paramedics and firefighters struggling to manage the strike’s aftermath. The area targeted included a large container used as a shelter for dozens of families, surrounded by hundreds of tents.

The Israeli military said it struck a Hamas compound in the area, killing two senior officials from the militant group.

Here’s what to know about the strike:

A Palestinian man walks past a destroyed building in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on May 26.

Doctors Without Borders, also known as Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), has expressed horror following an Israeli airstrike in Rafah that killed at least 35 people on Sunday night, according to Gaza’s health ministry.

MSF said in a statement that the attack “shows once again that nowhere is safe.”

“Dozens of wounded and more than 15 dead people were brought to the trauma stabilization point that we support,” MSF added. 

The humanitarian group reiterated its call for an immediate and sustained ceasefire in Gaza.

What officials have said so far: The Israeli military said it was targeting a Hamas compound in Rafah and killed two senior Hamas officials in the strike. It also acknowledged reports of a fire breaking out and harm to civilians in the area, saying the incident is under review.

The Palestine Red Crescent Society and Gaza officials say the strike hit a camp for displaced people, which had been designated a “safe zone.” Video obtained by CNN shows tent-like structures on fire.

A spokesperson for the Palestinian Authority presidency described the incident as a “massacre” and urged the international community to intervene immediately against what he called crimes against the Palestinian people. He also criticized the US for what he said is failing to hold its ally Israel accountable

Remember: Over a million Palestinians — many already displaced by Israel’s offensive in other parts of the enclave — had been sheltering in Rafah before Israel began its operations there. Many have now fled, but say they have nowhere safe to go.

Israel’s actions in Rafah have served as a flashpoint for the unprecedented level of diplomatic pressure it is now facing over the war in Gaza.

In this video still, fire rages following an Israeli strike on an area designated for displaced Palestinians in Rafah, Gaza, on May 26.

The Israeli military claims to have killed two senior Hamas officials in its strike on Rafah on Sunday.

The Israel Defense Forces identified the individuals as Yassin Rabia, who it said was the commander of Hamas’ leadership in Judea and Samaria, and Khaled Nagar, who it said was a senior official in the Hamas wing for the same regions.

The military said it made the strike on Tal al-Sultan in northwest Rafah “based on precise intelligence.” It said earlier Sunday that it had struck a Hamas compound in the area.

The IDF also repeated its early statement that it is aware of reports indicating the strike harmed civilians, and that the strikes are under review.

What officials in Gaza are saying: The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza said 35 people were killed in the attack and dozens more injured, and that most of them were women and children.

The Palestine Red Crescent Society and Gaza government media officials have said the civilian area hit was a camp for displaced people.

Video obtained by CNN shows tent-like structures on fire. Video from PRCS also show medics walking through a tent, with one PRCS staff member carrying a child.

The Gaza government media office and the Palestinian Emergency Committee in Rafah have condemned the attack, saying the area had been designated a “safe zone” for civilians.

The death toll from Israel’s strike in Rafah on Sunday is now at least 35, with dozens more injured, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza.

The ministry said those killed and injured are mostly women and children.

CNN cannot independently verify death tolls provided by the ministry due to the lack of international media access in the war zone.

Gaza officials and the Palestine Red Crescent society have said the area that was hit is a camp for displaced people. The Israeli military claims it targeted a Hamas compound in Rafah. It said it was aware of reports of civilian harm, and that the incident is under review.

Videos shared on social media show a large fire at the site, with paramedics and firefighters struggling to manage the aftermath. The area targeted included a large container used as a shelter for dozens of families, surrounded by hundreds of tents.

Aid trucks loaded with supplies for Gaza are waiting near the Egyptian-Palestinian border in preparation to enter Kerem Abu Salem crossing on May 26, in Rafah, Egypt.

Israeli military officials said 360 humanitarian aid trucks entered Gaza on Sunday following security checks.

This includes 126 trucks from Egypt that crossed into Gaza through the Kerem Shalom crossing, the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement. The US, Israel and Egypt coordinated on the crossing of the aid trucks.

In a phone call on Friday, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and US President Joe Biden agreed to facilitate the delivery of United Nations-provided humanitarian aid from Egypt through the Kerem Shalom crossing on a temporary basis, until the Rafah crossing could reopen from the Palestinian side, the Egyptian presidency said in a statement.

Remember: Aid workers and United Nations officials have repeatedly warned that the dire humanitarian crisis unfolding in Gaza is due in large part to Israel’s tight restriction of ground deliveries into the enclave, which has been exacerbated by the closing of the Rafah crossing with Egypt.