The sentences have come later An Israeli airstrike killed dozens of people in the al-Mawasi area of Gaza, which had been designated a “safe zone” by Israel, according to Gaza authorities.
At least 90 people were killed and 300 others wounded in Saturday's attack, according to Palestinian authorities, which Israeli authorities say targeted Hamas military commander Mohammed Deif and another senior figure in the armed group.
Speaking to reporters hours later, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said there was “no absolute certainty” that Deif had been killed. Hamas has rejected the premise of the attack, calling it “false,” and said the attack killed “defenseless civilians.”
Photos and videos verified by Al Jazeera's Sanad news agency showed Palestinians sifting through rubble and what appeared to be the remains of tents at the site of the attacks, surrounded by makeshift shelters packed with Palestinians displaced by the war.
This is how world leaders and human rights observers reacted:
Jordan
The kingdom's Foreign Ministry condemned the attack on “the tents of displaced people in Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip, in an area that Israel had previously classified as safe, which resulted in the deaths and injuries of dozens of Palestinians.”
Spokesman Sufyan al-Qudah said Jordan called on the international community to act to end Palestinian suffering amid Israel's repeated violations of international law.
Egypt
In a statement, Egypt's foreign ministry said Israel's “continued violations of the rights of Palestinian citizens” add serious “complications” to reaching a ceasefire agreement.
Egypt has been among the countries working to mediate such a deal between Israel and Hamas.
“We condemn in the strongest terms the Israeli attacks in the Al-Mawasi area,” the Foreign Ministry said.
Qatar
Doha has also been working as a mediator in the ceasefire negotiations. On Saturday, it called the “shocking and brutal massacre” of al-Mawasi “a new chapter in the ongoing series of crimes” committed by Israel against the Palestinians.
He warned that the attack would further undermine efforts to achieve lasting peace, “thus widening the cycle of violence in the region and threatening international peace and security.”
Turkey
The Turkish Foreign Ministry called the attack “a phase of the Netanyahu government’s effort to completely annihilate the Palestinians.”
“The fact that Israel has once again opted for bloodshed when it was expected to respond to Hamas's positive response to the ceasefire [proposal] “This is evidence that the Netanyahu government is trying to avoid negotiations for a permanent ceasefire,” the ministry said.
He urged countries supporting Israel to end what he called “barbarism.”
Iran
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani called the attack on al-Mawasi “the latest crime in a series of crimes committed by the child-killing Zionist regime.”
“The Zionists have once again brutally demonstrated that in order to compensate for the defeats suffered on the battlefield with the resistance, they do not recognize any human and moral red line towards the defenseless residents of the Gaza Strip, but they must know that insisting on this path is nothing but a broader global hatred,” Kanaani said in a post on X.
Palestinian Authority
Nabil Abu Rudeineh, spokesman for the presidency of the Palestinian Authority (PA), which governs parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, called the attack on al-Mawasi a “continuation of the genocidal war against our people, and the US administration is responsible for the continuation of the massacres.”
In a statement carried by the official Wafa news agency, Abu Rudeineh added: “Without the blind and biased support of the United States, this occupation would not have been able to continue its bloody crimes against our people and defy international laws and the decisions of international courts that have demanded an end to the onslaught and the protection of our people.”
Colombia
President Gustavo Petro denounced what he called “the greatest injustice.”
“I am even more outraged because this destruction of international human rights is a prelude to the barbarism they want to unleash on all the oppressed peoples of the earth,” he said in a post on X.
Saudi Arabia
The kingdom's foreign ministry called for “activating international accountability mechanisms” against Israeli abuses.
“The Foreign Ministry condemns in the strongest terms the continuation of genocidal massacres against the Palestinian people by the Israeli war machine, the latest of which was the attack on the displaced persons camps in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip,” it said in a statement.
U.S. Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal
While US President Joe Biden's administration has yet to respond to Saturday's attack, the chairman of the Congressional Progressive Caucus said: “We must do more to stop this.
“Israel continues its horrific assault on Gaza, forcing the closure of medical facilities and even restricting the entry of medical equipment,” Jayapal said in a social media post.
He called for an “immediate and permanent ceasefire to free the hostages and save lives.”
United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories
Speaking to Al Jazeera on Saturday, Francesca Albanese said Israel had likely violated international law by attacking in a designated humanitarian zone.
“I am disgusted by Israel's tolerance of impunity, which allows genocidal war,” Albanese said.
In March, Albanese published a report listing “reasonable reasons” to believe Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.
