What the records say
- When
- 26 May 2024
- Kind
- Massacre
- Deaths
- 45
- Coordinates
- 31.32° N, 34.25° E
- Description
- Israeli airstrike on the Rafah refugee camp on 26 May 2024 and subsequent fire that caused numerous casualties
Tel al-Sultan attack
2024 Israeli airstrike on refugee camp in Gaza
On 26 May 2024, the Israeli Air Force bombed a displacement camp in Tel al-Sultan, Rafah. The attack, which set the camp on fire, killed between 45 and 50 Palestinians and injured more than 200. Sometimes referred to as the Rafah tent massacre or as the Tent Massacre, it was the deadliest incident of the Rafah offensive.
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- Wikidata: massacres and genocidesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “مقاتلات إسرائيلية تقصف خيامًا للنازحين شمال غرب رفح، أدت المجزرة لاستشهاد 45 شخصًا على الأقل أغلبهم من النساء والأطفال، وجرح عشرات آخرين”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “以色列空軍對加沙地帶拉法西部的特爾蘇丹難民營發動空襲,導致45至50人喪生,超過200人受傷。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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