Tel Aviv, May 29 (RHC)-- The Israeli military has denied carrying out attacks on a tent camp housing displaced families in al-Mawasi, near Gaza’s southern city of Rafah, which have killed at least 21 people.

Apparently somewhat shamed (not much) by the massacre on Sunday at another tent camp, Israel was forced to claim yet another attack on civilians didn't happen on Tuesday. 

“Contrary to the reports from the last few hours, the [Israeli military] did not strike in the Humanitarian Area in al-Mawasi,” it said in a statement.

At least 12 of those killed in Tuesday’s attacks were women, medical officials in Gaza have said, while 64 people were wounded in the attacks, with 10 in critical condition.  

Israel previously designated al-Mawasi, in western Rafah as a humanitarian area to which Palestinians should evacuate for their safety.

The attack comes just two days after a strike on a tent camp in the Tal as-Sultan area near Rafah killed 45 Palestinians.  Sunday's strike sparked a fire that spread rapidly, razing the encampment to the ground -- and burning alive men, women and children.