by: Gardis Watts | The PulsE of Black Catholic Chicago

On Sunday, May 29, 2024, in Tel al-Sultan, a western part of Rafah, the Israeli Military launched an airstrike in the region. According to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), the target of these attacks was supposed to be commanders of Hamas, the Islamic militant group. However, that did not
turn out to be the case. Several international media outlets have reported that up to 50 non-Hamas Palestinians were killed in a tent camp by this air strike. Tel al-Sultan was designated as a safe zone for refugees but the IDF launched the attacked despite a United Nations court order to halt the attack days before. Israeli Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the strikes a “Tragic Mistake” after several world leaders denounced the attack.