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[ 📹 Scenes from the "Khiyam Halocaust" after the Israeli occupation forces fired missiles into a UNRWA displacement camp for Palestinian refugees, killing 45 and wounding 249, burning entire families alive, while Israelis mocked and laughed at the massacre online, which mostly killed women and children. The occupation army continues to strike Rafah, even now, despite the ICJ ordering an "immediate halt" to all Israeli military operations in Rafah. 📈 The death toll continues rising in Gaza, now exceeding 36'050 killed, and another 81'026 others wounded.]

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DAY 234: LATEST MASSACRE KILLS 45 CIVILIANS, FIREFIGHT WITH ISRAELIS AT RAFAH CROSSING KILLS EGYPTIAN SOLDIER, UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR CALLS FOR SANCTIONS ON "ISRAEL", OCCUPATION DOESNT SLOW FOR A SECOND, MURDERS MORE PALESTINIANS

On 234th day of the Israeli occupation's ongoing special genocide operation in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) committed a total of 7 new massacres of Palestinian families, resulting in the deaths of no less than 66 Palestinian civilians, mostly women and children, while another 383 others were wounded over the previous 24-hours.

It should be noted that as a result of the constant Israeli bombardment of Gaza's healthcare system, infrastructure, residential and commercial buildings, local paramedic and civil defense crews are unable to recover countless hundreds, even thousands, of victims who remain trapped under the rubble, or who's bodies remain strewn across the streets of Gaza.

This leaves the official death toll vastly undercounted, as Gaza's healthcare officials are unable to accurately tally those killed and maimed in this genocide, which must be kept in mind when considering the scale of the mass murder.

"Let's be clear. As the ICJ orders Israel to stop its offensive in Rafah, Israel intensifies its attacks on it."

That's the conclusion of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Francesca Albanese, who wrote on the social media platform X that "the news I am receiving from the people trapped therein [in Gaza] are terrifying."

"Be sure: Israel will not stop this madness until WE make it stop. Member states must impose sanctions, arms embargo and suspend diplomatic/political relations with Israel until it ceasses its assault," she concluded.

Those were Albanese's concerns just one day before what's now being referred to in some Arabic newspapers as the "Khiyam Halocaust" or the "Tent Halocaust" when the Israeli occupation army launched a missile assault that targeted a United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine (UNRWA) Camp for displaced civilians in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip last night.

A massacre responsible for killing no less than 45 Palestinian civilians and wounding at least 249 others, with the vast majority of victims being women and children, and the death toll expected to rise as victims succumb to their injuries.

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF), speaking through the Hebrew media, claims the assault was intended to kill two "senior Hamas officials", including the supposed commander of Hamas's West Bank headquarters, and that the occupation army "took steps to reduce harm to civilians" before carrying out the attack.

The airstrike targeted a UNRWA displacement camp located in the Tal al-Sultan neighborhood, northwest of Rafah, causing a massive fire which tore through the small community of densely packed refugee tents, burning dozens of women and children alive.

As many as six Palestinian families burned to death in the resulting conflagration in the camp, which the Israeli occupation previously designated a "safe area".

However, the Israeli occupation now claims the area was not designated a safe zone, despite giving no warning to the residents of the camp that their could be potential strikes, nor evacuating civilians from the area.

The massacre brought swift condemnations from the International community. Writing on the social media platform X, French President Emmanuel Macron said "We are angry at the Israeli raids that caused many casualties among the displaced in Rafah," adding that "these operations must stop. There are no safe areas in Rafah for Palestinian civilians."

Macron further called for "full respect for international law and an immediate ceasefire."

In its own statement on X, the UNRWA said "there is no such thing as a safe place in Gaza."

"Nowhere and nobody is safe. Every day that goes by, more civilians die and families are forced to live in increasingly unspeakable conditions," UNRWA said in its statement, adding that "the Gaza Strip has become hell on earth."

"The only remaining hope is a ceasefire," the UNRWA statement concluded.

In further news, a firefight broke out between the Egyptian military and Israeli occupation forces at the Rafah border crossing following the Khiyam massacre, resulting in the death of an Egyptian soldier.

The Israeli occupation claims the Egyptian soldiers opened fire towards their forces holding the Rafah border crossing, after which, the occupation army responded with gunfire of their own, resulting in a firefight in which one Egyptian soldier was killed and a number of others wounded.

The slain soldier's unit was responsible for securing the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing, and it remains unclear what prompted the firefight.

In a statement published in the Egyptian media, Egyptian military spokesperson, Colonel Gharib Abdel Hafez stated that the Egyptian Armed Forces were "conducting an investigation by the competent authorities regarding the shooting incident in the Rafah border area, which led to the martyrdom of one of the personnel [in charge of securing the border crossing]".

For its own part, an Israeli occupation army spokesperson, speaking with Ynet, said "the issue is under investigation," adding that "a dialogue is taking place with the Egyptian side."

Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation didn't slow its roll for a second, continuing to bomb and shell various civilian sites, including residential housing, across the Gaza Strip.

In just one example, Israeli occupation forces (IOF) fired a missile into a residential home belonging to the Al-Batran family, in the Zarqa neighborhood, north of Gaza City, killing at least 5 civilians, including a young child named Qamar Hani Al-Batran and wounding a number of others who were transported to the Baptist Hospital in the city.

Occupation artillery shelling also pummeled east of the Jabalia Refugee Camp, in the northern Gaza Strip, while Zionist air forces continue bombing neighborhoods north of the Nuseirat Refugee Camp, in central Gaza.

In another raid, occupation aircraft bombed a residential house belonging to the Dehliz family, in the vicinity of the Badr Junction, west of the city of Rafah, slaughtering three civilians and wounding several others.

IOF artillery shelling hammered the Al-Faluga neighborhood of the Jabalia Refugee Camp, in Gaza's north, coinciding with the bombing of the Al-Zaytoun, Tal al-Hawa and Al-Sabra neighborhoods of Gaza City.

The Israeli occupation army also made a brief incursion into neighborhoods east of the Al-Maghazi Refugee Camp, in central Gaza, during which, occupation forces opened gunfire and fired artillery shells at towards civilians.

In the southern Gaza Strip, IOF soldiers fired artillery shells and bombed the Qeshta neighborhood and the Yabna Refugee Camp, in central and southern Rafah, while Zionist gunboats fired heavy machine guns towards the boats of Palestinian fishermen working in the Qarara Sea, northwest of Khan Yunis.

In yet another atrocity, Zionist warplanes bombed a gathering of civilians on Al-Zuhour Street in the Nuseirat Camp, resulting in the martyredom of three civilians and wounding a number of others.

Israeli warplanes also bombed in the vicinity of a shelter for displaced Palestinian families on Salah al-Din Street, east of Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza, wounding several citizens.

Yet another war crime was committed when an occupation firebelt was launched towards the vicinity of the Ain al-Jalut Towers, south of Al-Nuseirat, hitting a gathering of civilians in central Gaza.

The violent airstrikes resulted in a multitude of casualties, including the deaths of two teenage brothers, Ahmed and Ismail Abu al-Lail (17yo & 15yo) as they attempted to obtain drinking water for their families.

In the meantime, the Israeli occupation army continued violating International humanitarian law when IOF fighter jets bombed an official and two police officers belonging to the Ministry of Interior and National Security as they were "performing their duties supporting local citizens in the Nuseirat Camp," according to a statement released by the Ministry.

The Ministry announced the deaths of Major Ahmed Jumah Abu Nar, Sergeant Mahmoud Ziyad Jabr, and Sergeant Muhammad Abu Riala, who all died as a result of an Israeli airstrike.

"The occupation's focus on targeting police officers and personnel aims to undermine the regime and works to cause chaos in Palestinian society in the Gaza Strip," the Ministry said in its statement.

"We repeat our appeal to the entire world to intervene to stop targeting members of the police force as part of their civil and humanitarian duty towards citizens in the Gaza Strip, in accordance with international law that guarantees protection for members of the police force," the statement added.

As a result of the Israeli occupation's ongoing special genocide operation in the Gaza Strip, the death toll has risen further still, now exceeding 36'050 Palestinians killed, including well over 15'000 children and 10'000 women, while another 81'026 others have been wounded since the start of the current round of Zionist aggression, beginning with the events of October 7th, 2023.

May 27th, 2024.

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