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'Bodies were in pieces, scattered in the streets': Nuseirat massacre

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: BBC + Social media
  • 9 Jun 2024 16:15
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Gaza's Health Ministry confirms the loss of 274 Palestinians in cold blood, including many children after the Israeli massacre in the Nuseirat refugee camp on Saturday.

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  • 'Bodies were in pieces, scattered in the streets': Nuseirat massacre
    This child was killed by Israeli and USA special forces who infiltrated into Nuseriat via international aid convoys and massacred people at Nuseirat camp on Saturday. (ISMAIL JOOD/X)

Shock and grief have suffocated the streets of the Nuseirat refugee camp after 274 Palestinians, of all ages, yet mainly children, were massacred in cold blood on Saturday, as per Gaza's Health Ministry.

The harrowing images emerging from the recent massacre have reverberated across the globe, igniting a wave of widespread protests and demonstrations. From bustling city streets in Chicago to remote villages in Pakistan, people everywhere are united in their condemnation of the Israeli atrocities witnessed in Gaza.

On social media platforms and news outlets, the haunting scenes have captured the world's attention, prompting an outpouring of solidarity and outrage with hashtag trends and amplifying voices of dissent demanding justice for the innocent lives lost.

In cities around the world, crowds gathered, holding signs and banners aloft, their chants echoing calls for an immediate ceasefire.

A haunting aftermath

In the Nuseirat, amid the ruins of the once vibrant neighborhoods, the pain of loss and the echoes of agony are palpable, rendering words inadequate to capture the depth of suffering endured by the Palestinians. Here, the air hangs heavy with sorrow, thick with the weight of bereaved parents and traumatized survivors.

As the dust heavingly settles, small tokens of a previous life emerge alongside a child's toy, a family photo, and fragments of a life torn apart by a brutal Israeli attack. Each serves as a torturous reminder of all that has been stolen.

One eyewitness, Abdel Salam Darwish, recounted being in a market when the IOF attack began, describing the devastation and carnage that followed.

"Afterwards, people's bodies were in pieces, scattered in the streets, and blood stained the walls," he said, as quoted by BBC.

🚨🚨The Zionists have killed more than 150 civilians so far. They committed a massacre in the Nuseirat camp. The number is increasing, and the bodies of the martyrs are still arriving at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital continuously. pic.twitter.com/79eB5MW7BP

— Dr. Abdallah Mohammed (@jjjjwza) June 8, 2024

While the retrieval of four captives was celebrated in "Israel" and by world leaders, criticism mounted over the high civilian death toll. European Union foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell strongly condemned the operation, decrying reports of a massacre. Images and videos from the Nuseirat refugee camp depicted the aftermath of intense bombardment, with hospitals, mainly the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, overwhelmed by the influx of casualties.

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"Reports from Gaza of another massacre of civilians are appalling," he wrote on X.

Dr. Marwan Abu Nasser, the director of the Al-Awda Hospital, described the increasing number of fatalities arriving and the lack of space to accommodate them.

A man, who revealed that over 40 of his family members had been killed since the Israeli aggression began in October, recounted, as cited by BBC, his harrowing experience of being in a house struck by an Israeli bombing raid.

He detailed how the attack occurred just as children and women entered the house, resulting in the tragic killing of everyone inside except for him, his father, his wife, and one other survivor. This house, initially accommodating around 30 individuals but later swelling to 50, was decimated by the bombing.

"As soon as these children and women entered the house, the bombing attack took place, claiming the lives of all those inside it," he said, as quoted by BBC.

Doctors operating at hospitals described the overwhelming influx of critically injured patients, including children, who were soaked in blood with their organs outside their bodies after the Israeli massacre in Nuseirat refugee camp on Saturday.

Medical teams report huge difficulties coping with the influx of casualties at Al-Aqsa Hospital due to the large number of victims following the Israeli massacres in central Gaza. pic.twitter.com/1wIlQXjG39

— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) June 8, 2024

🚨BREAKING: Dozens of casualties arrive nonstop at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah following the Israeli massacre in neighboring Nusseirat refugee camp central #Gaza Strip pic.twitter.com/kUgXdSymUI

— Nour Naim| نُور (@NourNaim88) June 8, 2024

Medical teams recounted the dire situation at the hospital amid the nonstop arrival of martyrs and wounded individuals, with many sustaining severe head injuries.

🚨🚨The Zionists have killed more than 150 civilians so far. They committed a massacre in the Nuseirat camp. The number is increasing, and the bodies of the martyrs are still arriving at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital continuously. pic.twitter.com/79eB5MW7BP

— Dr. Abdallah Mohammed (@jjjjwza) June 8, 2024

Even journalists with tents set up in the vicinity of the Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah were forced to evacuate after receiving threats that the area would be annihilated.

Journalists with tents set up in the vicinity of Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir Al-Balah evacuate after receiving threats that the area will be annihilated pic.twitter.com/tvb9lFNdXL

— Sarah Wilkinson (@swilkinsonbc) June 8, 2024

Unfortunately, this massacre is one of many since October 7, resulting in more than 37,000 fatalities to date. Meanwhile, the Israeli carnage seems to continue unabated.

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