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Nuseirat refugee camp massacre
Part of the Israel-Hamas war and the Rafah offensive
Location	Nuseirat refugee camp, Gaza Strip, Palestine
Date	June 8, 2024 (2024-06-08)
Attack type	Raid, Hostage Rescue, Air strike
Deaths	At least 210 Palestinians killed and dozens injured (per Hamas government media office) Less than 100 Palestinian casualties (per IDF)
Injured	400+
Victims	Palestinian civilians
Perpetrators	Israel Defense Forces

On 8 June 2024, 210 Palestinians were killed and over 400 injured during a hostage rescue operation, according to the Gazan Health Ministry. The operation was carried out by Yamam, the Shin Bet and Israel Defense Forces units. Four Israeli hostages held by Hamas at Nuseirat were rescued in the operation. One of the rescued hostages was Noa Argamani. The Gaza Health Ministry did not say how many of the casualties were combatants. Al-Aqsa Hospital was overwhelmed with casualties, while communications were disrupted by intense Israeli bombing.

The massacre came two days after an Israeli airstrike in the Nuseirat refugee camp hit the UNRWA-run al-Sardi school that was sheltering displaced Palestinian refugees, killing more than 30 people, including 23 women and children.

Assault

An Israeli military spokesperson, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, said that the rescue mission took place in the heart of the residential neighborhood in the Nuseirat refugee camp, where the hostages were reportedly kept in two separate apartment blocks. A local resident and paramedic called the attack like a "horror movie" and that Israeli drones and warplanes fired throughout the night at people's homes and those who tried to flee.

Social media footage that Reuters was unable to immediately verify showed the aftermath of the assault, with bodies with entrails hanging out on bloodstained streets.

Reactions

Domestic

•  Hamas issued a press release on 8 June calling the actions of the IDF and Israeli military a "horrible massacre against innocent civilians." that also killed some other hostages, though the IDF denied that was the case.

•  Palestine: Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas described the rescue operation as a "massacre."

International

•  Egypt: A statement condemned the operation “in which more than 150 Palestinian civilians” were killed, saying the mission violated international law.
•  France: President Emmanuel Macron Macron praised the hostage rescue and called for a lasting political solution to the war in Gaza.
•  Germany: Chancellor Olaf Scholz wrote that the rescue of the hostages was a "important sign of hope", adding that "four hostages are now free. Hamas must finally release all hostages. The war must end".
•  United States: United States President Joe Biden lauded the rescue of the hostages.

Organizations

•  United Nations: UN Secretary General António Guterres stated that he had sent messages to the families of rescued hostages Noa Argamani and Shalomi Ziv, in order to express his "relief that they and two other hostages are now free." Guterres added, "I renew my appeal for the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages and for an end to this war."
•  European Union: A top European Union diplomat Josep Borrell condemned the level of casualties in the Nuseirat refugee camp as a result of the rescue, calling it "...another massacre of civilians". He also called for a ceasefire and the release of all remaining hostages.

See also

• Refugee camp airstrikes in the Israel–Hamas war

References

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