Anger, sorrow at images of decapitated child, charred bodies from Rafah attack
Politicians, journalists and doctors are taking to X to express their outrage and grief at Israel’s latest attack on a tent camp for displaced people in Rafah.
The attack ripped victims, including a child, to shreds and caused a huge blaze, burning people alive in their tents, according to witnesses and videos posted online.
Here’s some of the reaction:
Humza Yousaf, the former first minister of Scotland, wrote: “Days after the ICJ orders Israel to halt its military offensive in Rafah, the Israeli Government bombs displaced people living in tents. Innocent men, women & children dismembered and burnt alive. Bear witness to the images and ask yourself, are you on the right side of history?”
Days after the ICJ orders Israel to halt its military offensive in Rafah, the Israeli Government bombs displaced people living in tents. Innocent men, women & children dismembered and burnt alive.
Bear witness to the images and ask yourself, are you on the right side of history? https://t.co/2RzplcBK0t
— Humza Yousaf (@HumzaYousaf) May 26, 2024
Jagmeet Singh, a Canadian legislator and leader of the New Democratic Party, wrote: “Images of the IDFs airstrike hitting a camp for displaced Palestinians in Rafah are horrifying. Images so terrible I won’t share them. The world is failing the people of Gaza. Canada is failing the people of Gaza.”
Images of the IDFs airstrike hitting a camp for displaced Palestinians in Rafah are horrifying.
Images so terrible I won’t share them.
The world is failing the people of Gaza.
Canada is failing the people of Gaza.
We must do everything we can to stop this.#CeasefireNOW
— Jagmeet Singh (@theJagmeetSingh) May 27, 2024
Mehdi Hassan, a US journalist, wrote: “There are videos coming out of Rafah today of beheaded babies. Actual beheaded babies that you can see for yourselves – not the beheaded babies that the Israeli authorities invented to justify their genocidal assault, or the ones that Biden falsely claimed to have seen pix of.”
There are videos coming out of Rafah today of beheaded babies.
Actual beheaded babies that you can see for yourselves - not the beheaded babies that the Israeli authorities invented to justify their genocidal assault, or the ones that Biden falsely claimed to have seen pix of.
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) May 26, 2024
Yipeng Ge, a Canadian doctor, wrote: “There is seriously something dystopian about this moment when Rafah is on fire being massacred and Palestinian healthcare is beyond overwhelmed after systematic and targeted sieges on hospitals […] While medical institutions in Canada are still seriously talking about how watermelons are considered offensive.”
There is seriously something dystopian about this moment when Rafah is on fire being massacred and Palestinian healthcare is beyond overwhelmed after systematic and targeted sieges on hospitals.
While medical institutions in Canada are still seriously talking about how…
— Yipeng Ge 葛义朋 (@yipengGe) May 27, 2024
Palestinians search charred remains of Rafah tent camp
People look at the burned temporary shelters in a camp near Rafah the morning after an Israeli army attack caused a fire, killing at least 40 people, according to Gaza officials
Displaced Palestinians were sheltering in the Tal as-Sultan area near Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip
The attack on the area previously declared a ‘safe zone’ by Israeli authorities came days after the ICJ ordered them to end military activities in the city
