Some 21 Palestinians have been killed and dozens wounded in new Israeli strikes on a tent area near Rafah, health officials have said. Meanwhile, a top UN official says Rafah is 'hell on earth' after people were 'burnt to death' in an Israeli airstrike that killed at least 45 people.
The Israeli strike that caused a deadly fire in a tent camp in Rafah, claiming 45 lives, likely struck a munitions dump, a spokesperson for the Israeli government has told Sky News.David Mencer was speaking after an Israeli military press conference in which Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, the chief military spokesman, said the military is looking into the possibility weapons stored at the site may have been ignited as a cause of the strike .
And we worked so hard in the IDF and the Israeli government to ensure that we don't get civilians caught in the crossfire.'He added that Mr Hagari's comments show the smallest munition the IDF has in its armoury doesn't cause fires and 'the assumption we're working under is that it struck a munitions dump'.He said there were no tents in the area, saying it was 1.
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