Global condemnation pours in after deadly Israeli attack on camp for displaced Palestinians in Rafah

Israel’s attack on a tent camp in Rafah for displaced people, which resulted in the deaths of 45 individuals, including many women and children, has sparked global outrage. Here are some of the responses from around the world:

African Union: “The State of Israel continues to violate international law with impunity and in contempt of an ICJ ruling two days ago ordering an end to its military action in Rafah,” said AU Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat.

Chile: Chile “strongly condemns the indiscriminate attack by the [Israeli military] on a civilian refugee camp in Rafah”.

Colombia: “The massacre continues,” stated President Gustavo Petro.

Egypt: Egypt deplores “a systematic policy aimed at widening the scope of death and destruction in the Gaza Strip to make it uninhabitable”.

European Union: “I condemn this in the strongest terms,” declared foreign policy chief Josep Borrell.

France: “These operations must stop. There are no safe areas in Rafah for Palestinian civilians,” President Emmanuel Macron said.

Qatar: Qatar condemned the “Israeli army’s aggression against a refugee camp in the city of Rafah, and in the entire Gaza Strip, and its continued violation of international law”.

Turkiye: “We will do everything possible to hold these barbarians and murderers accountable who have nothing to do with humanity,” said President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

United Nations: “This horror must stop,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said.

UN humanitarian aid chief Martin Griffiths added that the Rafah attack was “the latest – and possibly the most cruel – abomination”.