Netanyahu Said Israel Bombing The Displacement Camp In Rafah After The ICJ Order Was A "Tragic Accident”
After being shouted at by opposition lawmakers, he said that, “For us – every non-combatant that is hurt is a tragedy. For Hamas – it’s a strategy. This is the whole difference.”
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called Israel’s bombing of a displacement camp in Gaza’s Rafah a “tragic accident”.
Two days after the ICJ’s latest order, on the evening of Sunday May 26, Israel dropped 2,000-pound bombs on a displacement camp – which was supposedly a designated safe zone – burning Palestinians alive.
The attack on the camp in the Tel al-Sultan neighborhood near a UNRWA warehouse killed at least 40 Palestinians and injuring many more, mostly women and children.
Thousands of people had evacuated to the camp from the eastern parts of Rafah after Israel ordered them to leave earlier in May ahead of its invasion.
Videos and photos circulating social media showed graphic scenes of scattered and burned bodies, as well as people holding up the bodies of children whose heads had been blown off.
The Israeli military took responsibility for the attack, saying the camp was a Hamas compound and that the strike was carried out with “precise ammunition and on the basis of precise intelligence.”
The attack, which was just one of 10 targeted attacks by the Israeli military on displacement centers in Gaza affiliated with UNRWA over 24 hours, drew widespread international outrage and condemnation.
Speaking in the Israeli parliament the next day on Monday May 27, Netanyahu called the airstrike a “tragic” accident.
“In Rafah, we already evacuated about one million non-combatant residents, and despite our utmost effort not to harm non-combatants, something unfortunately went tragically wrong,” he said.
Netanyahu said the incident will be investigated because it is the government’s policy.
After being shouted at by opposition lawmakers, he said that, “For us – every non-combatant that is hurt is a tragedy. For Hamas – it’s a strategy. This is the whole difference.”
Netanyahu then said he was committed to bringing all the Israeli hostages held in Gaza back home but was interrupted again, this time by the families members of the hostages from the balcony.
Israel’s relentless attacks on Gaza since Oct. 7 have killed more than 36,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children.
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