Hamas accuses Israel of committing a “massacre” during the rescue of two hostages in Rafah

The Islamist group Hamas accused Israel on Monday of having committed a “massacre against unarmed civilians” in Rafah, in the southern tip of the Gaza Strip where there are more than a million displaced Gazans, during the rescue operation this morning of two Israeli hostages.

“The attack carried out tonight by the Nazi occupation army in Rafah and its horrendous massacres against unarmed civilians, including displaced children, women and the elderly, which so far it has caused more than 100 martyrs“is a continuation of the genocide and attempts at forced displacement against our Palestinian people,” the Islamist group said in a statement.

Palestinian medical sources previously reported around fifty deaths during the operation, although they also They indicated that the figure may increase in the coming hours while bodies are rescued from the rubble after intense Israeli bombing.