28 May,2024 04:36 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
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At least 45 people were killed and 200 others were injured after the Israeli strike in the southern Gaza city of Rafah set fire to a tent camp housing displaced Palestinians. Sunday night's attack, which appeared to be one of the war's deadliest, helped push the overall Palestinian death toll in the war above 36,000, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, which does not distinguish between fighters and noncombatants in its tally. The ministry said the dead included at least 12 women, eight children, and three older adults, with another three bodies burned beyond recognition.
Scores of Indian celebs took to their respective social media handles and condemned the attack.
Swara Bhasker wrote, "We live in a world that expects us to have a balanced response to babies being beheaded and burnt alive in tents!!!! There are no words, only curses in my heart for the smug white men (and women and people) who did this, enabled this, abetted this, funded this, supported this, made a narrative to normalise this, celebrated this..."
Fatima Sana Shaikh wrote, "Came across a really disturbing video of beheaded children in Rafah. One cannot just ignore this anymore. When will this end!"
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Samantha Ruth Prabhu shared a post that read, "The UN court ordered Israel to stop its assault on Rafah to prevent the genocide of Palestinians. Israel responded to this by striking a UN refugee camp in Rafah full of Palestinian civilians in tents. This is a very clear statement on what Israel is and what it is doing in Gaza."
An excerpt from the post shared by Gauahar Khan read, "Tonight, mothers in Gaza will again hold their children and hope they sleep. And they, and we, will pray that they wake."
Hamas triggered the war with its October 7 attack on Israel, in which Palestinian militants killed some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and seized some 250 hostages. Hamas still holds about 100 hostages and the remains of around 30 others after most of the rest were released during a cease-fire last year. Around 80 percent of Gaza's 2.3 million people have fled their homes, severe hunger is widespread and UN officials say parts of the territory are experiencing famine.
(With inputs from Agencies)
