UN aid chief rejects Netanyahu’s claim of mistake in Rafah

“Whether the attack was a war crime or a ‘tragic mistake’, for the people of Gaza, there is no debate. What happened last night was the latest - and possibly most cruel - abomination,” UN aid chief Martin Griffiths said in a statement.

“To call it ‘a mistake’ is a message that means nothing for those killed, those grieving, and those trying to save lives,” added Griffiths. 

The comments followed after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Israel’s deadly attack on displaced Palestinians in Rafah a “tragic mistake”.