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‘Shocking and brutal massacre’: World reacts to Israel’s al-Mawasi attack
Al Jazeera
Outrage after 90 killed in designated ‘safe zone’ attack that Israel says targeted Hamas military leader.
Condemnation has poured in after an Israeli air raid killed dozens of people in the al-Mawasi area of Gaza, which had been designated a “safe zone” by Israel, according to Gaza authorities.
At least 90 people were killed and 300 others were wounded in Saturday’s attack, according to Palestinian authorities, which Israeli officials said targeted Hamas military commander, Mohammed Deif, and another senior figure in the armed group.
Speaking to reporters hours later, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said it was “not absolutely certain” if Deif had been killed. Hamas has rejected the premise of the assault as “false”, saying that “defenceless civilians” were killed in the attack.
Photos and video verified by Al Jazeera’s Sanad agency showed Palestinians sifting through debris and what appeared to be remnants of tents in the location of the attacks, surrounded by tightly packed make-shift shelters of Palestinians displaced by the war.
Here’s how world leaders and rights observers have reacted: