Airwars assessment
On June 21, 2024, Safa correspondents reported that an alleged Israeli artillery attack in the al Shakoush area of Mawasi, northwest of the Rafah Governorate, resulted in the deaths and injuries of several people, primarily displaced civilians.
According to eyewitnesses, Israeli forces bombarded the area with tanks. Mustafa Younes reported in a post on Facebook that three “massacres” took place in the area following Israeli military tank fire in al-Shakshoush. Younes reported that pictures showed the burning of at least five tents in which the displaced were sheltering as well as traces of body parts.
Rose of Palestine shared a video on Facebook showing a crowd gathered in a street around a body covered in a white shroud. The caption reported that the crowd had gathered to say farewell to those killed in the shelling of displaced people’s tents in Al-Shakshoush.
In a video shared by Rody Mohammed on Facebook, a woman showed the camera around the site of the strike. She gestured to the burnt food, tents and household objects and said “this was our Eid”. The alleged strike took place just after the Islamic holiday of Eid Al-Adha. She expressed disbelief that the bomb had burnt so many of their possessions, saying it had burnt up her bed and that of her son. She further expressed her distress saying “this is the safe place! Where is the safety?”
Mahmoud Abu Znada quoted the Civil Defence which reported that it had transported killed and injured victims following an Israeli artillery shelling on displaced people in northwest Rafah.
@F24online reported that a “large displacement” took place following violent artillery shelling in the area.
Pictures shared on Facebook by Hadado Fatima Zahra showed burnt out tents, household objects and food supplies. One tent shows a Red Crescent symbol on the top of the canvas.
As no exact number of casualties was shared by sources, in line with Airwars’ methodology references to deaths and injuries of civilians in the plural has been quantified as at least two.
Where sources identified the belligerent, all sources attributed the strike to Israeli forces.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
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