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title: "Rafah: Not a “tragic mistake”"
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**Not a mistake. An intended target with full knowledge that civilians had been directed to this alleged safe space by Israeli authorities.**

**Targeting Rafah was going to result in massive civilian casualties- The Israeli government knew this for a fact as it had been stated repeatedly and they still went ahead with the onslaught. Not a mistake. An intention**

[**Link**](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-28/israel-gaza-war-time-line-before-fatal-rafah-air-strike/103901144)

> **UN Security Council schedules emergency meeting on situation in Rafah after Israeli air strikes kill 45 people and wound dozens**
> 
> **For months Israel has been preparing for an offensive in Gaza’s southernmost city – the makeshift home of more than a million people fleeing the conflict.**
> 
> **Rafah, which sits on the border with Egypt, has become a refuge teeming with tent camps over the past six months.**
> 
> **Rafah Mayor Ahmed Al-Sofi said the IDF had declared the area to be safe.**
> 
> *“The civil defence workers were unable to help anyone and the hospitals ceased to function,”* he said.
> 
> The attack has brought a new wave of condemnation of Israel, even from its strongest supporters.
> 
> The US National Security Council said in a statement the “devastating images” from the strike on Rafah were “heartbreaking”.

Other nations were more blunt.

> The Foreign Office of Germany, which has been a staunch supporter of Israel for decades, said: “The images of charred bodies, including children, from the air strike in Rafah are unbearable.”

**Then Germany tells Israel to investigate the incident themselves- Utter nonsense. Having spent far too long dissecting war propaganda and other media lies it’s clear to me Germany is looking for Israel to come up with a cover story and quick!**

[**Egypt and Israel exchanged gunfire at the border as well**](https://www.scmp.com/print/news/world/middle-east/article/3264354/egypt-soldier-killed-clash-israel-forces-gazas-rafah-border)