GENEVA, Monday, May 27, 2027 (WAFA) – The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said today that Israeli attacks on families who seek a safe haven in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, are horrific.

In a post on X, the Agency said that "information coming out of #Rafah about further attacks on families seeking shelter is horrifying."

"There are reports of mass causalities including children and women among those killed. Gaza is hell on earth. Images from last night are yet another testament to that," it said.

"We do not have an established communications line with our colleagues on the ground. We are not able to confirm their location & are extremely concerned for their wellbeing, and the wellbeing of all the displaced people sheltering in this area. No place is safe. No one is safe," it added.

In a new massacre, at least 40 civilians were killed and others were injured, mostly children and women, in the Israeli occupation's bombardment of the tents of displaced people northwest of the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.

Local sources reported that at least 40 citizens were killed and others were injured after the occupation forces targeted, with at least eight missiles, the tents of people sheltering in a displacement camp that was recently established near the warehouses of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), northwest of Rafah.

Medical sources confirmed that the Palestinian death toll from the Israeli onslaught since October 7, 2023, has risen to 35,984, the majority of whom are women and children. In addition, 80,643 people were wounded.

K.T