'What did they do to deserve this? Their children are orphaned' – Israel condemned as death toll from attack on tent camps reaches 45

'What did they do to deserve this? Their children are orphaned' – Israel condemned as death toll from attack on tent camps reaches 45

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Palestinians look at the damage as they search for food among burned rubble at the site of an Israeli attack on an area intended for displaced persons, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, May 27, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

Nidal al-Mughrabi and Dan Williams

An Israeli airstrike killed at least 45 people in a tent camp in the Gaza city of Rafah, doctors said. This led to condemnation on Monday from European leaders who pushed for the implementation of a World Court ruling to halt Israel's offensive.

In scenes grimly familiar from an eighth-month war, Palestinian families rushed to hospitals to prepare their dead for burial after the strike set fire to tents and ramshackle shelters late Sunday night.