An Israeli operation to free four hostages abducted by Hamas on Saturday left at least 274 Palestinians dead and more than 600 injured in the al-Nuseirat refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, most of them civilians, drawing global condemnation. At least 64 of those killed in the attack were children.
EU diplomacy chief Josep Borrell condemned a new “massacre” of civilians in the Gaza Strip, while UN humanitarian director Martin Griffiths spoke of a Dantes scenario with “dead bodies on the ground” and survivors described a “real hell”. on the ground.”
The operation to free hostages Noah Argamani, Almog Mei Jan, Andrei Kozlov and Shlomi Ziv took weeks to prepare: Israeli special forces built replicas of the buildings in which the prisoners were held. To increase the effect of surprise, the operation, which was preceded by heavy bombing, was carried out in broad daylight, which may help explain the large number of casualties.
The hostages were held in two buildings approximately 200 meters apart in the center of the refugee camp. The rescue of Noah Argamani, who was alone in one of the buildings, took place without any major problems, but the rescue of the others was met with strong resistance from elements of Hamas, forcing the Israeli military to request massive air support.
In addition to civilian casualties, the explosions killed three other hostages in the same area, Hamas said.
Author: Ricardo Ramos
Source: CM Jornal
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