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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nThe Israeli military suggested Sunday\u2019s blaze in the tent camp may have been caused by secondary explosions, possibly from Palestinian militants\u2019 weapons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The results of Israel\u2019s initial probe into the fire were issued Tuesday, with military spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari saying the cause of the fire was still under investigation but that the Israeli munitions used \u2014 targeting what the army said was a position with two senior Hamas militants \u2014 were too small to be the source, AP reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The strike or the subsequent fire could also have ignited fuel, cooking gas canisters or other materials in the camp. The blaze killed 45 Palestinians, according to Gaza health officials\u2019 count. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the fire was the result of a \u201ctragic mishap.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On Tuesday afternoon, an Israeli drone strike hit tents near a field hospital by the Mediterranean coast west of Rafah, killing at least 21 people, including 13 women, Gaza\u2019s Health Ministry said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A witness, Ahmed Nassar, said his four cousins and some of their husbands and children were killed in the strike and a number of tents were destroyed or damaged. Most of those living there had fled from the same neighborhood in Gaza City earlier in the war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThey have nothing to do with anything,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Netanyahu has vowed to press ahead in Rafah, saying Israeli forces must enter the city to dismantle Hamas and return hostages taken in the Oct. 7 attack that triggered the war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said Israeli warplanes used the smallest bombs possible \u2014 two munitions with 17-kilogram warheads. \u201cOur munition alone could not have ignited a fire of this size,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gaza\u2019s Health Ministry said two medical facilities in Tel al-Sultan are out of service because of intense bombing nearby. Medical Aid for Palestinians, a charity operating throughout the territory, said the Tel al-Sultan medical center and the Indonesian Field Hospital were under lockdown with medics, patients and displaced people trapped inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Most of Gaza\u2019s hospitals are no longer functioning. Rafah\u2019s Kuwait Hospital shut down Monday after a strike near its entrance killed two health workers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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