Israel Deliberate Targeting of Refugees

(Euronews) – The Israeli army has been accused of deliberately targeting Palestinian refugees, after 30 people died in one house in Zeitoun. The United Nations said 110 people were told by Israel to shelter there last weekend, but the building was bombed by Israeli forces 24 hours later. Rescuers said the victims had no chance.

“Several bombs hit the house,” said one man. “Some people managed to escape, but others were trapped. Most of them were children, too young to flee. We managed to collect the bodies. Some of them were completely blown apart.”

Only now have the remains been moved to the morgue. The UN said survivors were forced to walk to the nearest hospital – three children, one just five months old, died on the way.  

(ElectronicIntifada) – Furthermore, IOF aircrafts raided UNRWA’s Asma School the Beach refugee camp. This school was used by UNRWA to shelter civilians who were displaced from the areas where they live in the eastern areas of Gaza City as well as the al-Atatra and al-Salatin areas in Beit Lahia town. The attack killed three youths who were identified as: 27-year-old Rawhi Jamal al-Sultan, 23-year-old Hussein Mamoud al-Sultan, and 19-year-old Abed Samir al-Sultan.

At approximately 6am on the same day, Israeli aircrafts bombarded the four-story house of 60-year-old Fayiz al-Daya, in al-Zeitoun neighborhood in Gaza City. The attack destroyed the house completely while its residents were in inside it. Eyewitnesses and survivors reported that 30 members of the al-Daya family were killed. Four bodies had been taken out from under the rubble and sent to al-Shifa Hospital at the time this release was issued. Al Mezan has also received the names of 26 other members of this family, who are believed to be under the rubble.

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Therefore I must conclude that the Israeli Army interest is entirely different: To demonstrate its supreme force and scare the civilian Palestinian population.