A Palestinian man walks past a destroyed building in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on May 26. Eyad Baba/AFP/Getty Images

Doctors Without Borders, also known as Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), has expressed horror following an Israeli airstrike in Rafah that killed at least 35 people on Sunday night, according to Gaza’s health ministry.

MSF said in a statement that the attack “shows once again that nowhere is safe.”

“Dozens of wounded and more than 15 dead people were brought to the trauma stabilization point that we support,” MSF added. 

The humanitarian group reiterated its call for an immediate and sustained ceasefire in Gaza.

What officials have said so far: The Israeli military said it was targeting a Hamas compound in Rafah and killed two senior Hamas officials in the strike. It also acknowledged reports of a fire breaking out and harm to civilians in the area, saying the incident is under review.

The Palestine Red Crescent Society and Gaza officials say the strike hit a camp for displaced people, which had been designated a “safe zone.” Video obtained by CNN shows tent-like structures on fire.

A spokesperson for the Palestinian Authority presidency described the incident as a “massacre” and urged the international community to intervene immediately against what he called crimes against the Palestinian people. He also criticized the US for what he said is failing to hold its ally Israel accountable

Remember: Over a million Palestinians — many already displaced by Israel’s offensive in other parts of the enclave — had been sheltering in Rafah before Israel began its operations there. Many have now fled, but say they have nowhere safe to go.

Israel’s actions in Rafah have served as a flashpoint for the unprecedented level of diplomatic pressure it is now facing over the war in Gaza.

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