Israeli forces attacked a tent camp housing displaced Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Friday, killing at least 25 people and wounding 50, according to emergency medical workers in Gaza.
The attack took place near the southern Gaza city of Rafah, leaving at least 22 people dead and 45 wounded near a Red Cross field hospital, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said. He said on Friday.
Humanitarian groups said additional deaths and injuries were also reported.
The ICRC said “high-caliber shells” damaged its offices, which are near tents housing hundreds of displaced people, including hospital staff.
Relatives of victims who witnessed Friday’s attack told The Associated Press that Israeli forces fired a second volley, killing people as they emerged from their tents.
At least 25 people were killed and 50 were injured, the Associated Press reported, citing Gaza’s Health Ministry.
A spokesman for the Rafah civil defense force said the attacks took place in two locations in a coastal area near a Red Cross hospital, according to the Associated Press.
The attack appears to have occurred outside an Israeli-designated safe zone on the Mediterranean coast called Muwassi, it added. The Israeli military is investigating the attack, but said there is “no indication that the Israel Defense Forces were behind it.” [Israeli Defense Forces]There is a ” ” in the area.
The attack killed more than 37,000 Palestinians.killed More than 85,000 people have been injured since early October, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.
An estimated 1.7 million people have been displaced in the Gaza Strip, and there is “full-scale famine” in the north of the strip, according to the United Nations.
The war between Israel and Hamas, which has been ongoing for more than eight months, began when the Palestinian militant group launched a surprise attack in southern Israel that left about 1,200 people dead and 250 captured.
Israel has vowed to intensify operations in Rafah, which it calls the last stronghold of Hamas’ regular forces.
