TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that a “tragic mistake” was made in an Israeli strike in the southern Gaza city of Rafah that set fire to a camp housing displaced Palestinians and, according to local officials, killed at least 45 people.

The strike only added to the surging international criticism Israel has faced over its war with Hamas, with even its closest allies expressing outrage at civilian deaths. Israel insists it adheres to international law even as it faces scrutiny in the world’s top courts, one of which last week demanded that it halt the offensive in Rafah.

“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.”

Mohammed Abuassa, who rushed to the scene in the northwestern neighborhood of Tel al-Sultan, said rescuers “pulled out people who were in an unbearable state.”

“We pulled out children who were in pieces. We pulled out young and elderly people. The fire in the camp was unreal,” he said.

  • wandermind
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    7 months ago

    They didn’t say anything about civilians

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      7 months ago

      You know that glassing the country means nuking it, right?

      You do know civilians live in the country that they said to glass, right?

      You know that means ALL the civilians would die, right?

      Right?

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        7 months ago

        Yes, but in reality nobody is going to nuke anybody, and certainly not because a random internet user vents their frustration at the situation with a clearly metaphorical and exaggerated request. Your reply was an overly literal reading of the comment, like replying to “go fuck yourself” with “…you realize that’s not possible, right?”

        I simply replied to your literal interpretation with a literal interpretation of my own.

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          7 months ago

          I simply replied to your literal interpretation with a literal interpretation of my own.

          That makes literally no sense.

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        7 months ago

        Sure you can, move the civilians out first.

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            7 months ago

            No, they can return after the country has been glassed.

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                7 months ago

                Of course a nuked country will be a nuked country. That’s beside the point, moving the goalposts.

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                  7 months ago

                  I’m not sure what you think moving the goalposts means, but it doesn’t mean what you think it does.

                  I’m just pointing out the how horribly flawed your position is and responding to you moving the goalposts.

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                    7 months ago

                    My guy, you should stop feeding the troll. I can keep coming up with bullshit indefinitely. The intent of my original facetious reply was to point out how ridiculous it is to react to a clearly ridiculous and unrealistic suggestion as if it was the most seriously considered expression of an actual policy suggestion ever. But it turns out some people just can’t not take every single thing that is said with the utmost seriousness.