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UN Security Council will hold emergency meeting today after Israeli strike in Rafah
From CNN's Richard Roth in New York
The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting today to discuss a deadly Israeli airstrike on a displaced person tent camp in the southern Gaza city of Rafah on Sunday, according to a UN diplomat.
The meeting was requested by Algeria, the diplomat said.
The Security Council will hold private discussions on Tuesday afternoon at 3.30 p.m., the diplomat said.
UN Secretary-GeneralAntònio Guterres issued a blistering condemnation on Monday.
"I condemn Israel’s actions which killed scores of innocent civilians who were only seeking shelter from this deadly conflict," Guterres said on X.
"There is no safe place in Gaza. This horror must stop," he added.
Palestinians with disabilities fear being killed first, UN committee says
From CNN's Jennifer Deaton in Atlanta
Palestinians with disabilities in Gaza fear they will be killed first because of limited opportunities to flee due to their impairment, the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons and Disabilities (CRPD) said in a release on Monday.
“The vast destruction of housing and civil infrastructure and the resultant rubble has curtailed any possibility of movement that is essential to escape, evacuate and seek protection,” the committee said.
Among the examples cited was that of a 14-year-old girl with cerebral palsy who had lost her assistive devices, including a wheelchair, and had to be carried by her parents while fleeing from the north of Gaza to the south amid Israel's offensive.
At one point, the girl told her family: "Leave me here, and you run away," the committee said. The girl survived but is at risk of being displaced again, it added.
The CPRD called for an immediate ceasefire and underscored the obligation to the Convention on the Rights of Persons and Disabilities, which calls for all necessary measures to ensure the protection and safety of people with disabilities in situations of risk, including in armed conflict.
CNN has previously reported on the struggles of disabled Palestinians in Gaza.
Fear of escalation after deadly shooting on Egypt-Gaza border
From CNN's Mostafa Salem and Sarah El Sirgany
The Israeli attack on the Philadelphi corridor creates an "uncontrollable situation, in the field and psychologically, that can lead to an escalation," Egyptian state-affiliated Al-Qahera News reported on Monday, citing an Egyptian security source.
"We warn against compromising the security and safety of Egyptian security personnel deployed on the border," the source said, as cited by Al-Qahera News.
What's happening: The relationship between Egypt and Israel became tense after Israeli troops moved into an area known as the Philadelphi Corridor and took control of the Rafah crossing earlier this month. The corridor is a 14-kilometer (8.7-mile) long and 100-meter-wide strip along the border between Gaza and Egypt.
Egypt’s military spokesperson said a person was killed during a shooting Monday on the border. Israel’s military also acknowledged that a “shooting incident” had occurred. Investigations are underway.
There was a shootout "between Israeli Occupation forces and Palestinian resistance, according to the initial investigation of the shooting. There was gunfire in multiple directions, and Egyptian security personnel took protective measures and dealt with the source of fire," the security source added according to Al-Qahera News.
Deadly Israeli strike on Rafah was a "tragic error," Netanyahu says
From CNN's Jonny Hallam
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Sunday's deadly Israeli airstrike on a Rafah camp had gone tragically wrong, but that he would not end the war in Gaza until the military's goals were completed.
"Despite our best effort, not to harm those not involved, unfortunately a tragic error happened last night. We are investigating the case," Netanyahu said about the strike in a speech at the Israeli Knesset on Monday.
At least 45 people were killed and 200 wounded after the Israeli strike hit a camp for displaced people, according to the government media office in Gaza.
The Israeli military’s General Staff's Fact-Finding and Assessment Mechanism is investigating an airstrike carried out in Rafah on Sunday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statementonMonday.
Speaking in Hebrew to the Knesset, Netanyahu said he would not “surrender” or “end the war before all its objectives are completed.”
“The pressure directed at home and abroad towards the Israeli government, which is fighting with all its might to return the hostages, only hardens the positions of (Hamas leader Yahya) Sinwar, who demands from Israel surrender conditions that endanger its existence, and therefore we cannot agree to them,” Netanyahu said.
“I would like to make it clear: I am not ready to surrender and retreat. I am not ready to end the war before all its objectives are completed.”
This post has been updated after additional review of the translation from Hebrew to English, to clarify the wording used by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he referred to a deadly Israeli strike on Rafah, Gaza.The word "error" was originally translated as "mistake".
Spain to ask EU allies to back ICJ order for Israel to halt Rafah operation
From CNN's Duarte Mendonca in London
Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albaressaid he will ask European Union member states to officially back the International Court of Justice (ICJ) order for Israel to halt its military operation in Rafah.
Speaking Monday alongside the Irish and Norwegian foreign ministers at a news conference in Brussels, Albares said he would ask the other 26 EU members to declare their backing of the ICJ's decision and that, if Israel opposes the court's decision, "to take the right measures to enforce that decision and to back one of the most important bodies of the UN charter."
Last week, Spain, Ireland and Norway announced they will formally recognize a Palestinian state.
Some background: On Friday, theICJ ordered Israelto immediately halt itsmilitary operation in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, further increasing international pressure on Israel as it wages its war against Hamas.
Qatar says Israel's strike on Rafah could "hinder" ceasefire-for-hostage negotiations
From CNN’s Mostafa Salem in Abu Dhabi
Qatar said Israel’s strike on a Rafah displacement camp could “hinder” ongoing negotiations aiming for the release of hostages and reaching a ceasefire in Gaza.
The Qatari foreign ministry said Monday that the strike is a “serious violation of international laws” and expressed concern that it “would complicate the ongoing mediation efforts.”
Israel said it killed two Hamas commanders using “precise munitions” in the strike. Gaza health authorities said 35 people were killed, mostly women and children. Video obtained by CNN shows tent-like structures on fire and charred bodies being pulled from rubble.
Talks to resume: Negotiations between Israel and Hamas for aceasefire-and-hostage-swap dealare set toresumein CairoonTuesday, according to anEgyptianofficial.Talks between Israel and Hamas have stalled for months, with both parties failing to reach an agreement over differences on key demands. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has expressed strong opposition to the demands made by Hamas.
Rafah's Kuwaiti hospital forced to close after Israeli attack killed 2 staffers
From CNN's Abeer Salmanand Kareem Khadder
The Kuwaiti Hospital in central Rafah was forcedto close on Monday after the Israeli military attacks increased around the hospital.
Recent, "repeated and deliberate" attacks by Israeli forces had led to the death of two staff working in the hospital, as well as the injury of five medical staff, according to Dr. Suhaib Al-Hims, director of the Kuwaiti hospital.
The remaining medical teams were being transferredto a field hospital that is beingpreparedin the Al-Mawasiarea of Gaza, Al-Hims said.
Earlier on Monday,the Ministry of Health in Gazareported that an Israeli drone strike killed two staff members while they were on duty in front of the gate.They were identified as Rashid Mohammed Saeed Barhoum, 23,andMusab Sami Dakhlallah Al-Araj, 22.
Aid agencies call on UN Security Council to enforce ICJ orders on Israel’s actions in Rafah
From CNN’s Sarah El Sirgany andZeenaSaifi
Several global aidorganizations penned a joint letter on Monday calling on the UN Security Council to enforce the International Court of Justice’s (ICJ) orders that Israel “immediately halt” its military offensive in Rafah.
“Immediate action is required to uphold international law and ensure the government of Israel meets its obligations as mandated by the ICJ,” the letter read.
Despite the order, "bloodshed has continued," the letter read.
“We call on the UN Security Council to take decisive action to ensure the ICJ's orders are implemented, allowing humanitarianaidto reach those in need and enabling thorough investigations into violations of international law.
"The Security Council must act now to uphold justice, protect human rights, and maintain international peace and security. Failure to do so would further compromise the conditions to sustain human life in Gaza and would undermine global trust in the primacy of international law.”
