Scores reported dead in Gaza school shelter as Israel says it bombed militants

Reuters ^ | 08/10/24 | By Nidal Al-Mughrabi

[SeekAndFind]

*Hamas-run Gaza authority says around 100 Palestinians dead

* Arab countries condemn airstrike

* Israel disputes figures, says Hamas was using school complex to fight

* Question-mark over fresh peace talks due to start on Thursday

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An Israeli airstrike on a Gaza school compound housing displaced families killed around 100 people, the Hamas-run Gaza government said on Saturday, while the Israeli military said it had targeted Hamas militants and cast doubt on the Palestinian death toll.

Video from the site showed body parts scattered on the ground and more bodies being carried away and covered in blankets on the floor. Empty food tins lay in a puddle of blood and burnt mattresses and a child's doll lay among the debris.

In another video, men prayed over a dozen body bags laid out on the ground. It was not immediately clear whether all the videos were filmed on the ground floor of the Tabeen school complex, in Gaza City.

Gaza's Hamas-run media office said in a statement that the complex was attacked when people sheltering there were performing dawn prayers.

"So far, there are more than 93 martyrs, including 11 children and six women. There are unidentified remains," Palestinian Civil Defence spokesperson Mahmoud Bassal told a televised press conference.

Around 350 families had been sheltering at the compound, Bassal said - some of the hundreds of thousands of Palestinians displaced from their homes by Israel's onslaught on Gaza.

The upper floor housing families and the lower floor, used as a mosque, were both hit, he said. The Gaza health ministry did not immediately provide casualty details.

The Israeli military said the death toll was inflated and that around 20 militants had been operating at the site.

[ABStrauss]

Il will always believe Israel.

Never Hamas or Reuters.

[VanShuyten]

“…93 martyrs, including 11 children and six women…””

So, the Israelis got 83 terrorists.

[Jim Noble]

Fakestinian

Why "Fakestinian"? They're obviously Palestinians. They're from HERE:

[Carriage Hill]

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[Manic_Episode]

Cowards died a cowards death hiding behind women and children.

[Yulee]

Questions:

Is school in session in Gaza?

Ans: I don’t think so.

Is the school a shelter?

Ans: Probably not. I believe the Israelis have told the non-Hamas to shelter elsewhere, and receive food elsewhere.

Are Hamas terrorists sheltering in the school?

Ans: Tunnels seem to indicate that the school is a cover for Hama activities, as elsewhere.

Who is holding hostages?

Ans: It isn’t the IDF.

[Cen-Tejas]

I don’t believe a thing Reuters says or it’s pal Hamas.

[antidemoncrat]

Hey, just because those brave Hamas soldiers hide in schools, hospitals, nurseries and schools amongst women and children doesn’t mean they aren’t brave ... oh wait ... they aren’t.

[ssfromla]

The use of human shields is forbidden by Protocol I of the Geneva Conventions and is considered a war crime as well as a violation of humanitarian law. Nov 13, 2023

/spit

[MikeSteelBe]

"Doesn’t their book tell them it’s ok to lie if it furthers the goals set forth in their religion?"

It was mentioned in a previous post. It is called Taqiyya.

[faithhopecharity]

ha ha!
good one.

thanks for the humor

[bgill]

Women and children used as shields and considered disposable. As if Israeli babies weren’t decapitated on Oct. 7.

[fella]

Any body count produced by Hamas is highly suspect.

Aesope knew them before they were muslims;

Fable 112 - The Chariot of Hermes and the Arabs

One day, Hermes drove across the entire Earth a chariot filled with lies, villainy and fraud. And he distributed a small portion of his cargo in each country he visited. But when he arrived in the country of the Arabs, the chariot suddenly broke down. The Arabs believed he was carrying a precious cargo and so they stole the contents of his chariot. Hermes was then unable to carry on into the countries of other peoples.

More than all other people the Arabs are liars and cheats. Indeed, there is not even a word for ‘truth’ in their language.

[Democrat = party of treason]

LOL! Like the kids are going to school in a war zone! All they learn in that school is to hate Israel and become terrorists anyway, but does anyone REALLY think this happened???

[Democrat = party of treason]

Oh wait, should have read it better. Sheltering in a school. Might have happened.