Israeli tank shells killed at least 40 Palestinians today at a UN school where civilians had taken shelter. The Al-Fakhora school neighborhood in Jabalya witnessed pools of blood of Palestinians who thought that a UN facility would be a safer place for their families.
Israeli reports stated that this bombing came in response to Hamas fighters launching a mortar attack from the school proximity. However, three UN run schools, including this one, where the target of Israeli attacks.
UN resources insist that Israelis had the coordinates of the schools long before the attack was launched.
The Israeli excuse of Hamas using civilians as human shields hence they are to blame for casualties reminds me of a similar incident that happened in Qana region in South Lebanon during the Israeli war on Lebanon in July 2006.
Israelis bombarded a UN facility in Qana killing over 100 civilians which the majority was children. They were seeking refuge in the UN facility thinking that the United Nation sign would protect them. It did not! Israelis claimed at that time that Hizbollah was launching rockets from near that facility, a claim that was completely denied by the UN.
Do you see a trend? I do … It happened once in Qana in 2006, and three times so far in Gaza!
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