{"id":30666,"date":"2023-12-17T12:44:42","date_gmt":"2023-12-17T20:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=30666"},"modified":"2023-12-17T12:44:42","modified_gmt":"2023-12-17T20:44:42","slug":"witnesses-say-idf-troops-executed-women-and-children-in-gaza-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2023\/12\/17\/witnesses-say-idf-troops-executed-women-and-children-in-gaza-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Witnesses Say IDF Troops ‘Executed’ Women and Children in Gaza School"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Two women cry as they mourn while collecting the bodies of Palestinians killed in an airstrike on December 12, 2023 in Khan Yunis, Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0(Photo: Ahmad Hasaballah\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Biden administration “must respond to the reported execution-style massacre of women, children, and babies,” said the spokesperson of a U.S. Muslim advocacy group.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

BRETT WILKINS<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dec 13, 2023 (CommonDreams.org)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eyewitness testimony reported<\/a> Wednesday by Al Jazeera<\/em> accused Israeli troops of massacring forcibly displaced women and children sheltering at a school in northern Gaza, an allegation that prompted a leading U.S. Muslim advocacy group to demand a response from President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The reported massacre took place at the Shadia Abu Ghazala School in the al-Faluja area west of the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip. Video footage aired by the Qatar-based news network showed numerous covered bodies piled in one of the school’s classrooms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The Israeli soldiers came in and opened fire on them,” one unidentified witness said. “They took all men, then entered classrooms and opened fire on a woman and all the children with her,” including “newborn children.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The Israeli soldiers executed those innocent families point-blank,” she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A man who arrived at the scene after the alleged mass murder told Al Jazeera<\/em> that “we found dozens of dead bodies in the classrooms.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“There is no sign of any missiles or shells,” he added. “All those who were in the buildings were executed from point-blank. The Israeli soldiers opened fire on them. Many families came searching for their children. They found them all killed. They were all killed, executed at gunpoint.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As of press time, the alleged massacre had not been independently verified.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There have been reports for a week of executions in Gaza, many based on eye witness accounts. Those witnesses are Palestinian, so they count for less in Western media, but at some point the aggregation of so many accounts, the consistency of them, and the video and photographic\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/1jeM5tLKbZ<\/a><\/p>— Ryan Grim (@ryangrim) December 13, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote>