On Saturday, Egypt condemned the Israeli attack on the Al-Mawasi area in the Gaza Strip, which resulted in the death and injury of dozens of Palestinians.
The Egyptian Foreign Ministry said in a statement that Egypt "condemned in the strongest terms Israel's bombing of the Al-Mawasi area west of Khan Yunis, which is filled with displaced people, which led to the martyrdom and injury of dozens of innocent Palestinian civilians."
Egypt called on Israel to "stop underestimating the lives of defenseless civilian citizens, and to adhere to due humanitarian standards in compliance with the provisions of international law and international humanitarian law."
She also stressed that "these crimes will not be subject to the statute of limitations, and they cannot be accepted under any justification."
Egypt stressed that "these ongoing violations against Palestinian citizens add serious complications to the ability of the efforts currently being made to reach calm and a ceasefire, and increase the human suffering of the Palestinians amid shameful international silence and inability."
More than 70 Palestinians were killed and about 300 injured on Saturday in several successive Israeli raids on the Al-Mawasi area.
The Israeli army announced that it targeted the leader of the military wing of Hamas, Muhammad Al-Deif, with an air strike on the Al-Mawasi area. Israeli media also reported that Rafi Salama, commander of the Khan Yunis Brigade in Hamas, was alongside Al-Deif among the targets of the Israeli strike.
Hamas stated that the Israeli attack “demonstrates its lack of interest in a ceasefire,” noting that talk of targeting Al-Deif is incorrect.
Hamas leader Sami Abu Zuhri said that the report broadcast by Israeli Army Radio stating that the raid on Khan Yunis targeted Al-Deif was "empty talk."
Abu Zuhri added to Reuters: “All the victims are civilians, and what is happening is a dangerous escalation of the war of extermination in light of American support and global silence. This is a practical message from the occupation that it is not concerned with any agreement.”
Hamas medical sources reported that at least 71 people were killed in the Israeli attack on Khan Yunis and 289 others were injured.
The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip denounced in a statement: “The occupation’s heinous massacre against citizens and displaced people.”
Civil Defense spokesman Mahmoud Basal said: “There are still many bodies of victims scattered in the streets, under the rubble, and among the tents of the displaced. They cannot be reached due to the large scale of bombing with which the occupation targeted the places and tents of the displaced,” describing what happened as “a new massacre.”
The coastal area of Al-Mawasi is located between Rafah and Khan Yunis, and Israel declared it a “humanitarian zone” and asked the displaced to go there.
The World Health Organization estimated last May that there were between 60,000 and 75,000 people in miserable conditions.
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