A number of Palestinians were burned alive and dozens of others injured after Israel targeted tents of displaced people inside the premises of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah city with incendiary bombs in the early hours of Monday, October 14.
Four people have been confirmed killed so far, though more fatalities are expected to be confirmed. At least 70 people were injured in the attack. The rapid spread of the fire was likely fueled by the flammable materials used for the construction of the tents, such as plastic and wood, essentially turning the camp into a furnace.
Horrifying scenes from the site of the incident were captured by people nearby, many of whom were unable to rescue people burning alive in the tents due to lack of water and other substances needed to extinguish the fire.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) have unsurprisingly claimed that the deadly airstrikes targeted fighters of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) that were hiding out among civilians in the premises, without providing any evidence of the same. The IOF has used the same pretext since the beginning of Israel’s genocidal aggression on Gaza in order to justify strikes on crowded shelters and tent camps. The horrific incident is the seventh time this year that the IOF has targeted Al-Aqsa Hospital and marks another incident of forcibly displacing Palestinians in the past couple of weeks, according to Gaza’s media office.
The brutality of the attack sparked outrage globally, with many condemning it as yet another war crime in Israel’s long list of violations of international and humanitarian law since October 2023. Dr. Mustafa Barghouti from the Palestinian National Initiative, decried the bombing as “a brutal war crime,” emphasizing that women and children were burned alive while seeking shelter.
Four people have been confirmed killed so far, though more fatalities are expected to be confirmed. At least 70 people were injured in the attack. The rapid spread of the fire was likely fueled by the flammable materials used for the construction of the tents, such as plastic and wood, essentially turning the camp into a furnace.
Horrifying scenes from the site of the incident were captured by people nearby, many of whom were unable to rescue people burning alive in the tents due to lack of water and other substances needed to extinguish the fire.
The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) have unsurprisingly claimed that the deadly airstrikes targeted fighters of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) that were hiding out among civilians in the premises, without providing any evidence of the same. The IOF has used the same pretext since the beginning of Israel’s genocidal aggression on Gaza in order to justify strikes on crowded shelters and tent camps. The horrific incident is the seventh time this year that the IOF has targeted Al-Aqsa Hospital and marks another incident of forcibly displacing Palestinians in the past couple of weeks, according to Gaza’s media office.
The brutality of the attack sparked outrage globally, with many condemning it as yet another war crime in Israel’s long list of violations of international and humanitarian law since October 2023. Dr. Mustafa Barghouti from the Palestinian National Initiative, decried the bombing as “a brutal war crime,” emphasizing that women and children were burned alive while seeking shelter.
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To the world who turned a cold shoulder, Gazan people burned alive in their tents tonight. pic.twitter.com/L0ylGNzHA1
— TIMES OF GAZA (@Timesofgaza) October 13, 2024
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