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Rep, Macron Others Condemn Israeli Attack on Rafah Camp

POSTED ON May 28, 2024 •   Foreign Affairs      BY Benedicta Bassey
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez / Photo credit: People.com

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) has condemned in its totality an Israeli strike on Rafah that killed at least 45 people over the weekend.

He described the attack as “an indefensible atrocity,” creating tension and rising criticism of the Israeli military operation in the southern Gaza city.

The Israeli strike on the Tal al-Sultan neighborhood of Rafah targeted a humanitarian zone filled with tents, where Israel’s military previously instructed displaced Palestinians to shelter from the ongoing war against militant group Hamas, the Gaza Health Ministry said.

The Israeli military claimed the strike killed two senior Hamas leaders.

“The IDF’s attack on a tent camp of innocents in Rafah is an indefensible atrocity,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote Monday on the social platform X.

“This was done in open defiance of President Biden’s red line and the ICJ’s call for a ceasefire.”

She added that it is “long past due” for Biden to “live up to his word” and stop military aid shipments to Israel, following through on a threat made earlier this month in an attempt to prevent Israeli attacks on Rafah.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the strike a “tragic mistake” and called for an investigation into the civilian deaths Monday.

“Despite our utmost efforts not to harm innocent civilians, last night, there was a tragic mistake,” Netanyahu said Monday in an address to Israel’s parliament. “We are investigating the incident and will obtain a conclusion, because this is our policy.”

The attack comes just days after the International Court of Justice ordered Israel to stop its operations in Rafah, the last remaining major settlement in Gaza that has not been invaded by the Israeli military.

The strike was widely denounced, as criticism rises on the Israeli military operation in Rafah. A White House National Security Council spokesperson told Axios on Monday that the attack was “heartbreaking.”

French President Emmanuel Macron used the strike as an opportunity to again call for a cease-fire in the conflict.

“These operations must stop. There are no safe areas in Rafah for Palestinian civilians,” Macron wrote in a post on X. “I call for full respect for international law and an immediate ceasefire.”

More than half of Gaza’s population of 2.3 million people are believed to be sheltering in Rafah, and more than 80 percent of the territory’s population overall are displaced from their homes. The U.N. said famine has begun in parts of the region as civilians struggle to get access to humanitarian aid.

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