Britain’s Foreign Secretary David Cameron has weighed in on the airstrike in Rafah that killed at least 45 people on Sunday — many of whom were women and children — calling for the investigation by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to be “swift, comprehensive & transparent.”
“Deeply distressing scenes following the airstrikes in Rafah this weekend. The IDF’s investigation must be swift, comprehensive & transparent,” Cameron said in a post on social media platform X on Tuesday.
The foreign secretary also called for an urgent deal “to get hostages out & aid in” and reiterated the need for a pause in fighting to enable work towards a long-term sustainable ceasefire.
The Israeli military General Staff’s Fact-Finding and Assessment Mechanism is investigating the airstrike carried out in Rafah on Sunday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement Monday. In addition to those killed, at least 200 were wounded in the strike on a camp for displaced people in Rafah, according to the government media office in Gaza.