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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 274 Palestinians killed and 698 injured (per Hamas media office and health officials) Less than 100 Palestinian casualties (per IDF)
Injured	400+
Victims	Palestinian civilians and militants
Perpetrators	Israel Defense Forces

On 8 June 2024, an operation was carried out by Yamam, the Shin Bet and Israel Defense Forces units in the Nuseirat refugee camp, during which 226 Palestinians were killed and over 600 injured, according to the Hamas media office and health officials from Shuhada al-Aqsa Hospital and Al-Awda Hospital. According to reports, Al-Aqsa Hospital was overwhelmed with casualties, while communications were disrupted by intense Israeli bombing. Four Israeli hostages held by Hamas at Nuseirat were rescued in the operation. One of the rescued hostages was Noa Argamani.

The event took place 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 12 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. According to Hamas, several Israeli hostages were killed in the Israeli attack.

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. Children were among the fatalities.

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." Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh said that "resistance" will continue, adding, "If the occupation believes that it can impose its choices on us by force, then it is delusional." The group's military wing spokesperson, Abu Obaida, threatened the remaining hostages, stating that, "The operation will pose a great danger to the enemy prisoners and will have a negative impact on their conditions and lives."

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

•  Israel: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, "We are committed to do so in the future as well. We will not let up until we complete the mission and return home all the hostages — both those alive and dead."

International

•  Argentina: Argentine President Javier Milei celebrated the release of the four hostages on Twitter, posting "Long live freedom, damn it!"
•  Austria: Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer expressed being "very much relieved," but emphasized, "far too many are still being brutally held hostage by Hamas. All of them need to be released immediately." He also pledged to continue "all efforts" to secure the release of hostage Tal Shoham, who holds Austrian citizenship.
•  Egypt: the country denounced the killing of civilians, calling it "a flagrant violation of all rules of 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".
•  Jordan: the country denounced the killing of civilians and called "on the international community and especially the Security Council to take immediate and urgent action to stop Israel's war crimes in Gaza."
•  Kuwait: the country denounced the killing of civilians, calling it a "heinous crime".
•  Norway: Deputy Foreign Minister Andreas Motzfeldt Kravik condemned the attack on civilians and called for the release of all hostages.
•  Oman: the foreign ministry condemned the attack, calling it a "systematic war crime" and "a clear and explicit violation of international conventions".
•  Poland: Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski wrote: "Bravo, IDF. May all hostages return home and may there be a just peace between Israel and Palestine".
•  Turkey: the country denounced the killing of civilians, calling it a "barbaric attack".
•  United Kingdom: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak wrote that "It is a huge relief to see hostages returned after their unimaginable ordeal and heartwarming to see the pictures of them reunited with their families. We will continue to strive towards an end to the fighting as well as safety and security for all."
•  United States: United States President Joe Biden lauded the rescue of the hostages, and pledges to "not stop working" until all the hostages are freed.

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, 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." UN special rapporteur Francesca Albanese accused Israel of "genocidal intent turned into action." Balakrishnan Rajagopal, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to housing, said that "Countries that celebrate the release of four Israeli hostages without saying a word about the hundreds of Palestinians killed and thousands held in arbitrary detention by Israel, have lost moral credibility for generations and don’t deserve to be on any U.N. human rights body."
•  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
• 2024 Nuseirat rescue operation
• List of massacres in the Palestinian territories
• Israeli war crimes in the Israel–Hamas war

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