IDF Strikes Tel al-Sultan Displacement Camp in Rafah — At Least 45 Killed Including in Crowded Civilian Area

Israeli forces bombed the Tel al-Sultan area of Rafah on May 26, 2026 (Day 958 / Eid al-Adha eve), killing at least 45 people in and around a displacement camp where hundreds of thousands of civilians are sheltering. Israel stated that the strike targeted two senior Hamas officials embedded within the camp and that IDF forces had documented killing approximately 200 militants in the Rafah area and discovered dozens of weapons caches. The strike on Tel al-Sultan provoked a dangerous incident at the Gaza-Egypt border: an Egyptian soldier was killed in a skirmish that broke out in connection with the Israeli military action in the corridor near the border fence — marking one of the most serious Israel-Egypt military incidents in decades. The Tel al-Sultan displacement camp has been a site of recurring deadly strikes throughout the renewed campaign. Gaza's health authorities described the scene as catastrophic, with bodies brought to overwhelmed hospital facilities nearby.