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On 8 June 2024, 210 Palestinians were killed and over 400 injured during a hostage rescue operation according to the Hamas-run [[Gaza Health Ministry|Gazan Health Ministry]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/06/08/israel-hamas-war-news-gaza-hostages/|title=Four Israeli hostages rescued alive; at least 210 people killed in Gaza, officials say|work=[[The Washington Post]]|date=8 June 2024|accessdate=8 June 2024}}</ref> The operation was carried out by [[Yamam]], the [[Shin Bet]] and [[Israel Defense Forces]] units. <ref>{{cite news |last1=Mohamed |first1=Edna |title=Israel’s war on Gaza live: Death toll from attacks on Nuseirat rises to 210 |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/8/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israeli-army-to-be-added-to-un-child-harm-list |access-date=8 June 2024 |work=Al Jazeera |date=8 June 2024|archive-date=8 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608013831/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/8/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israeli-army-to-be-added-to-un-child-harm-list |url-status=live}}</ref> Four [[Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis|Israeli hostages]] held by [[Hamas]] at Nuseirat were rescued in the operation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Four hostages seized at Nova festival freed in Gaza raid |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd11z2j34k4o |access-date=8 June 2024 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en-GB|archive-date=2024-06-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608105336/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd11z2j34k4o |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Israel kills more than 200 in attack on central Gaza: Gov’t Media Office |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/8/many-casualties-as-israel-escalates-attacks-across-gaza |access-date=8 June 2024 |work=Al Jazeera |language=en |archive-date=8 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608123522/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/8/many-casualties-as-israel-escalates-attacks-across-gaza |url-status=live}}</ref> One of the rescued hostages was [[Noa Argamani]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |last=Santucci |first=Kim Hjelmgaard, Ken Tran and Jeanine |title=Noa Argamani among 4 hostages rescued from Gaza, Israeli forces say: live updates |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2024/06/08/israeli-forces-hostages-gaza/74025593007/ |access-date=8 June 2024 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-06-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608190707/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2024/06/08/israeli-forces-hostages-gaza/74025593007/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Gaza Health Ministry]] did not say how many of the casualties were combatants.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Lubell |first=Maayan |last2=Al-Mughrabi |first2=Nidal |date=8 June 2024 |title=Israel rescues four hostages in Gaza; Hamas says 210 Palestinians killed in Israeli assault |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-rescues-four-hostages-gaza-palestinians-say-50-dead-israeli-assault-2024-06-08/ |website=[[Reuters]]}}</ref> [[Al-Aqsa Hospital]] was overwhelmed with casualties, while communications were disrupted by intense Israeli bombing.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hospital overwhelmed with victims of Israeli attacks on central Gaza |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2024/6/8/hospital-overwhelmed-with-victims-of-israeli-attacks-on-central-gaza |access-date=8 June 2024 |work=Al Jazeera |date=8 June 2024|archive-date=8 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608162923/https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2024/6/8/hospital-overwhelmed-with-victims-of-israeli-attacks-on-central-gaza |url-status=live}}</ref>
On 8 June 2024, 210 Palestinians were killed and over 400 injured during a hostage rescue operation, according to the [[Gaza Health Ministry|Gazan Health Ministry]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/06/08/israel-hamas-war-news-gaza-hostages/|title=Four Israeli hostages rescued alive; at least 210 people killed in Gaza, officials say|work=[[The Washington Post]]|date=8 June 2024|accessdate=8 June 2024}}</ref> The operation was carried out by [[Yamam]], the [[Shin Bet]] and [[Israel Defense Forces]] units.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mohamed |first1=Edna |title=Israel’s war on Gaza live: Death toll from attacks on Nuseirat rises to 210 |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/8/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israeli-army-to-be-added-to-un-child-harm-list |access-date=8 June 2024 |work=Al Jazeera |date=8 June 2024|archive-date=8 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608013831/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/6/8/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israeli-army-to-be-added-to-un-child-harm-list |url-status=live}}</ref> Four [[Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis|Israeli hostages]] held by [[Hamas]] at Nuseirat were rescued in the operation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Four hostages seized at Nova festival freed in Gaza raid |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd11z2j34k4o |access-date=8 June 2024 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en-GB|archive-date=2024-06-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608105336/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd11z2j34k4o |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Israel kills more than 200 in attack on central Gaza: Gov’t Media Office |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/8/many-casualties-as-israel-escalates-attacks-across-gaza |access-date=8 June 2024 |work=Al Jazeera |language=en |archive-date=8 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608123522/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/8/many-casualties-as-israel-escalates-attacks-across-gaza |url-status=live}}</ref> One of the rescued hostages was [[Noa Argamani]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |last=Santucci |first=Kim Hjelmgaard, Ken Tran and Jeanine |title=Noa Argamani among 4 hostages rescued from Gaza, Israeli forces say: live updates |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2024/06/08/israeli-forces-hostages-gaza/74025593007/ |access-date=8 June 2024 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-06-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608190707/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2024/06/08/israeli-forces-hostages-gaza/74025593007/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Gaza Health Ministry]] did not say how many of the casualties were combatants.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Lubell |first=Maayan |last2=Al-Mughrabi |first2=Nidal |date=8 June 2024 |title=Israel rescues four hostages in Gaza; Hamas says 210 Palestinians killed in Israeli assault |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-rescues-four-hostages-gaza-palestinians-say-50-dead-israeli-assault-2024-06-08/ |website=[[Reuters]]}}</ref> [[Al-Aqsa Hospital]] was overwhelmed with casualties, while communications were disrupted by intense Israeli bombing.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hospital overwhelmed with victims of Israeli attacks on central Gaza |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2024/6/8/hospital-overwhelmed-with-victims-of-israeli-attacks-on-central-gaza |access-date=8 June 2024 |work=Al Jazeera |date=8 June 2024|archive-date=8 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608162923/https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2024/6/8/hospital-overwhelmed-with-victims-of-israeli-attacks-on-central-gaza |url-status=live}}</ref>


The massacre came two days after [[Al-Sardi school attack|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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 June 2024 |title=Israeli strike kills at least 33 people at a Gaza school the military claims was being used by Hamas |url=https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-news-6-6-2024-3d07e712f8abc1e08339163180823fb8 |access-date=6 June 2024 |website=AP News |language=en |archive-date=2024-06-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608021901/https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-news-6-6-2024-3d07e712f8abc1e08339163180823fb8 |url-status=live}}</ref>
The massacre came two days after [[Al-Sardi school attack|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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 June 2024 |title=Israeli strike kills at least 33 people at a Gaza school the military claims was being used by Hamas |url=https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-news-6-6-2024-3d07e712f8abc1e08339163180823fb8 |access-date=6 June 2024 |website=AP News |language=en |archive-date=2024-06-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240608021901/https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-hamas-war-news-6-6-2024-3d07e712f8abc1e08339163180823fb8 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Revision as of 01:22, 9 June 2024

Nuseirat refugee camp massacre
Part of the Israel-Hamas war and the Rafah offensive
LocationNuseirat refugee camp, Gaza Strip, Palestine
DateJune 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)[1]
  • Less than 100 Palestinian casualties (per IDF)[2]
Injured400+
VictimsPalestinian 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.[3] The operation was carried out by Yamam, the Shin Bet and Israel Defense Forces units.[4] Four Israeli hostages held by Hamas at Nuseirat were rescued in the operation.[5][6] One of the rescued hostages was Noa Argamani.[7] The Gaza Health Ministry did not say how many of the casualties were combatants.[8] Al-Aqsa Hospital was overwhelmed with casualties, while communications were disrupted by intense Israeli bombing.[9]

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.[10]

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.[8]

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.[8]

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.[11]

International

  •  Egypt: A statement condemned the operation “in which more than 150 Palestinian civilians” were killed, saying the mission violated international law.[14]
  •  France: President Emmanuel Macron Macron praised the hostage rescue and called for a lasting political solution to the war in Gaza.[15]
  •  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".[16]
  •  United States: United States President Joe Biden lauded the rescue of the hostages.[7]

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."[17][better source needed]
  •  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.[18]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Hamas says 210 killed in Gaza in Israel's operation to rescue 4 hostages". The New Indian Express. 8 June 2024. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  2. ^ "IDF says under 100 Palestinian casualties, including terrorists, in rescue op; Hamas claims 210 'martyrs'". The Times of Israel. 8 June 2024. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Four Israeli hostages rescued alive; at least 210 people killed in Gaza, officials say". The Washington Post. 8 June 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  4. ^ Mohamed, Edna (8 June 2024). "Israel's war on Gaza live: Death toll from attacks on Nuseirat rises to 210". Al Jazeera. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  5. ^ "Four hostages seized at Nova festival freed in Gaza raid". www.bbc.com. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Israel kills more than 200 in attack on central Gaza: Gov't Media Office". Al Jazeera. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  7. ^ a b Santucci, Kim Hjelmgaard, Ken Tran and Jeanine. "Noa Argamani among 4 hostages rescued from Gaza, Israeli forces say: live updates". USA TODAY. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ a b c Lubell, Maayan; Al-Mughrabi, Nidal (8 June 2024). "Israel rescues four hostages in Gaza; Hamas says 210 Palestinians killed in Israeli assault". Reuters.
  9. ^ "Hospital overwhelmed with victims of Israeli attacks on central Gaza". Al Jazeera. 8 June 2024. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  10. ^ "Israeli strike kills at least 33 people at a Gaza school the military claims was being used by Hamas". AP News. 6 June 2024. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  11. ^ Lubell, Maayan; Al-Mughrabi, Nidal (8 June 2024). "Israel rescues four hostages in Gaza raid that Hamas says kills 210 Palestinians". Reuters. Retrieved 8 June 2024.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. ^ "210 Killed In Gaza Camp From Where Israeli Hostages Were Rescued: Hamas". NDTV. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  13. ^ "PA's Abbas calls for emergency UNSC meeting after rescue of hostages, citing 'bloody massacre'". The Times of Israel. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  14. ^ "Egypt slams Israeli operation in Nuseirat, without mentioning rescue of hostages". The Times of Israel. 8 June 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  15. ^ Collins, Michael. "Biden, Macron welcome rescue of four Gaza hostages, repeat call for cease-fire". USA TODAY. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  16. ^ "Germany's Scholz says rescue of 4 hostages 'important sign of hope'". The Times of Israel. 8 June 2024. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  17. ^ @antonioguterres (8 June 2024). "I just sent messages to the families of Noa Argamani and Shalomi Ziv, who I received last week, to express my relief that they and two other hostages are now free. I renew my appeal for the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages and for an end to this war" (Tweet). Retrieved 8 June 2024 – via Twitter.
  18. ^ Graham-Harrison, Emma (8 June 2024). "Israel rescues four hostages in Gaza, as attacks nearby kill 93 Palestinians". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Archived from the original on 8 June 2024. Retrieved 8 June 2024.