Another statement by the Civil Defense about Zaitoun school massacre

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5386

Date

21 September, 2024

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@ShehabAgency

Original Social Media Post

"المتحدث باسم الدفاع المدني يتحدث عن مجزرة مدرسة الزيتون"
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Archivist Notes On This Video

"20 martyrs and over 30 injuries as a result of this strikes by the IOF on al-Zaitoun school in the Zaytoun neighborhood. The figure includes 12 women and 6 children who were killed by the Israeli strike on this school that housed thousands of displaced persons whose homes were destroyed by the IOF during its incursion in the Zaytoun neighborhood. They were also displaced here due to the contious artillery shelling on the neighborhood. However, the Israeli occupation bombed these peple by surprise inside this school with two bombs which cause that hunmber of victims. The question remains: When will this war stop? And what is the the position of international organizations and the UN regarding these massacres that are always being committed in the Gaza Strip, and where the sanctity of children, women, and defenseless civilians are violated."

Archivist Notes: Zaitoun School “C” massacre

On midday, the IDF carried out an airstrike on the UNRWA Al Zaitoun Preparatory Girls’ School “C”, situated next to the Al-Falah school in a school-complex are in Zaytoun neighborhood of Gaza City. The school, like all others in Gaza, is used as shelter by displaced persons.

Note: local press correspondents reported the school under different names: Al-Falah School, or Al-Zaitoun School "B". We know that all of these schools are part of the same UNRWA school-complex.

The horrific footage showed severed body parts and amputated children all around the place.

Two bombs were dropped on the school, as confirmed by the Civil Defense and seen in footage by Al-Jazeera journalist Anas Al-Sharif showing clearly two separate spots where the ceiling penetrated, showing very comparable holes caused by the bombs. Two wing fragments of GBU-39 SDBs (Small Diameter Bombs) were found, in addition to what could be the nosecone of one of those bombs

The school-complex was previously bombed twice: on November 16, 2023 and July 18, 2024.

Casualties:

  • 22 confirmed killed by the Civil Defense, including 12 children and 6 women.
  • 30 injuries, including 6 children whose limbs were severed.
  • An unborn fetus was found thrown out of his slain mother's womb.

Names of the martyrs: (identified):

  • Awni Salim Yassin
  • Muhammad Awni Yassin
  • Salim Awni Yassin
  • Muhammad Khaled Yassin
  • Yazan Rani Jamal Siyam
  • Muhammad Rani Jamal Siyam
  • Iman Ayman Madi
  • Israa Ayman Madi
  • Mahmoud Ayman Madi
  • Baraa Ali Al-Dirawi
  • Muhammad Walid Al-Ajla
  • Muhammad Asaad Al-Haddad
  • Hanan Asaad Al-Haddad
  • Farah Mamdouh Joha
  • Hala Mamdouh Joha
  • Wafaa Mamdouh Joha
  • Khalil Mamdouh Joha
  • Tahrir Mamdouh Joha
  • Malak Nidal Sabah
  • Sundus Ahmed Sabah
  • Asmaa Awad Abdel Ajla
  • Hanin Tafesh - Succumbed to wounds on Sep 28 Source

People in Video: Mahmoud Basal

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