'Fire broke out" caused civilians' death in Rafah: Israeli spokesperson says

Israeli government spokesperson Avi Hyman says initial reports of an investigation into the Israeli attack on a camp in Rafah shows that "somehow a fire broke" which caused the death of 45 Palestinian civilians.

In an interview with the BBC, which Hyman posted on X, he said the Israeli forces were after "two high value Hamas targets" that had "tons of Israeli and British blood on their hands". 

He stated that the Israeli army is "investigating every accident of this nature to see what exactly happened".

When asked whether Israel has designated the bombed area as "safe area" for civilians to go to in Rafah, Hyman said "that is unclear".

In what is being described as a massacre in Rafah on Sunday night, the Health Ministry in Gaza says 45 people have been killed in the Israeli attack of displaced Palestinians, including 23 women, children and elderly, with 249 wounded.