War on Gaza: Footage appears to show Israeli strike on donkey cart pulling civilians
Footage released on social media appears to show an Israeli strike targetting a donkey cart pulling civilians in Rafah in southern Gaza, sparking outrage online.
The footage shows an aerial view of the attack that strikes the passengers but appears to leave the donkey unharmed.
"And after at least half an hour of surveillance, understanding that these were not innocent civilians, they were eliminated - the donkey naturally remained alive," an Israeli voice can be heard saying over the footage.
Middle East Eye cannot independently verify the footage.
Palestinians in Gaza have been using donkey carts to move around or to transport the dead and wounded in the absence of fuel and lack of ambulances.
Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip in recent days have killed dozens of Palestinians, including 17 people who were killed in a strike near a tented area housing displaced people in the designated "safe" area of al-Mawasi in Khan Younis on Tuesday.
The attack on al-Mawasi comes after air strikes killed at least 88 people and wounded 289 others last week in a displaced people's camp in the same district.
The United Nations said on Tuesday that the past week has been one of the deadliest in the Gaza Strip since the start of the war on 7 October.
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