'Israel' commits another massacre going after refugees in a school

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Agencies
4 Nov 2023 00:33
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The Israeli occupation commits a new massacre at the Osama bin Zaid UNRWA School in the northern Gaza Strip, killing several and injuring many more.

This image grab taken from an AFPTV video footage shows Palestinian rescuers looking for survivors at the Osama bin Zaid school, which shelters displaced people in the Saftawi area, north of Gaza City after a strike on November 3, 2023. (Photo by various sources / AFP)

The Israeli occupation committed a new massacre by bombing the Osama bin Zaid UNRWA school, in al-Saftawi area in the northern Gaza Strip, which has been welcoming displaced people since the start of the Israeli aggression against the Strip for 28 days now.

The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip indicated that the school, affiliated with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), houses dozens of displaced people.

Palestinian media reported that the Israeli airstrike resulted in the martyrdom of 10 people and the injury of 28, according to the Indonesian Hospital.

A new #US-sponsored, Israeli-committed massacre The IOF deliberately bombed a school where Gazans were taking shelter, leaving nothing but the remains of innocent children, women, and men who had sought refuge from the ruthless Israeli war machines.#PalestineGenocide… pic.twitter.com/F0c9uWER84
— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) November 3, 2023

The Indonesian Hospital also reported heavy bombardment as part of the occupation's continued targeting of hospitals in the Gaza Strip.

Moreover, the occupation intensively targeted the vicinity of Al-Quds Hospital, west of Gaza, and the gate of Al-Shifa Hospital, which resulted in another massacre.

Dozens killed, injured as 'Israel' bombed Rafah-bound ambulance convoy

According to the Health Ministry in Gaza, the Israeli occupation forces have targeted an ambulance convoy departing from Al-Shifa Hospital heading to the Rafah border crossing.

Ashraf al-Qudra, the Health Ministry Spokesperson, stated that the Red Cross was informed about the moving of the convoy in accordance with international law.

Al-Qudra maintained that the IOF targeted the convoy "at the gate of the hospital and then at the Ansar square, the occupation targeted the convoy in more than one location outside Al-Shifa hospital."

Palestinian media earlier reported that the strike led to dozens killed and injured.

While the Israeli forces claim that they targeted a vehicle used by a Hamas cell, close to a battle zone, footage from the scene of the massacre proves that these "operatives" were mainly children.

After killing scores in a strike on a convoy of ambulances, the IOF, in an attempt to justify the massacre, claimed that it was used by the #Palestinian Resistance. pic.twitter.com/kKum1CBfRo
— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) November 3, 2023

In this context, Hamas issued a statement condemning the ongoing Israeli crimes and slamming the "Israeli occupation’s massacres against the three hospitals of Al-Shifa, Al-Quds, and The Indonesian" as "heinous crimes for which we hold the US and Western capitals responsible."

Calling the crime heinous and premeditated, the statement revealed that dozens of people were killed and injured and many ambulances were damaged.

This, according to Hamas, reveals that there is an "Israeli Nazi plan to fully devastate the medical sector in the already blockaded Gaza Strip."

"We hold the US and the international community responsible for these massacres due to the shameful silence of the US and its open support for the terror of the Nazi-Zionist occupation," the statement stressed, warning against more massacres targeting civilians and medical facilities.