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SvennoJ on 11 August 2024
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Civilians continue to bear brunt of this conflict: UN expert

The UN special coordinator for the Middle East peace process has said that civilians in Gaza are experiencing “horror, displacement and endless suffering”.

“The cost in lives of this war is evident with every passing day as we have witnessed yet another devastating strike on a school sheltering thousands of displaced Palestinians, with dozens of fatalities,” he said in a post on X.

Translation: Palestinians mourn their relatives who were killed by the occupation in the massacre of the al-Tabin School in Gaza City.


Israel’s claims about the massacre are false: Hamas

The group has issued a statement saying that Israel’s allegations about the presence of fighters in al-Tabin school are “false and baseless”.

“We confirm that those who were killed in today’s massacre did not include a single gunman, and they were all civilians who were targeted while performing the dawn prayer,” Hamas said.

It added that those killed included children, civil servants, university professors and clergy.

“The al-Daraj neighbourhood massacre is one of thousands committed by the occupation in Gaza that deliberately target defenseless civilians”.


Israel says ‘high probability’ a PIJ commander was in bombed school

The Israeli military is doubling down on its claims of directing only a “precision” strike at the al-Tabin school in Gaza City to target senior Palestinian fighters despite international criticism of its killing of dozens of civilians.

In an English-language video message, military spokesperson Daniel Hagari claimed that “there is a high probability” that Ashraf Juda, the commander of Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s Central Camps Brigade, was at the school compound.

He added that there were approximately two dozen fighters at the site, 19 of whom were killed.

Hagari claims that “no women and children were present” in the area that was targeted by three bombs.

Officials in Gaza said women, children and the elderly are reported to be among the more than 100 killed and the toll was expected to rise. The attack took place while people were performing morning prayers and triggered a fire that ripped through the building.

Well that last part has already been proven false as well as a bunch of the 19 the IDF claims were fighters.