The Israeli army struck a camp for displaced persons near Rafah, in the Gaza Strip, on Monday, May 27. According to the Palestinian Red Crescent, the site had been designated a humanitarian zone by the Israeli army.
Palestinian officials accused Israel of "deliberately targeting" the Barkasat camp for displaced persons, run by the United Nations (UN) agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) northwest of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, killing at least 35 people and wounding dozens.
The Israeli army claimed that it had struck a Hamas compound in which, according to it, "important terrorists" were operating, including two of the movement's West Bank leaders, Yacine Rabia and Khaled Nagar. "The strike was carried out against targets legitimate under international law, through the use of precise munitions and on the basis of accurate intelligence," it said in a statement. It also reported that it was "aware of reports that several civilians in the area have been injured."

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