Report from Asmaa school following Israeli massacre

No.

8092

Date

27 October, 2024

Original Social Media Post

"شهداء تحت الركام .. وعويل النساء .. ومأساة الحرب التي لا تريد أن تتوقف.. اللحظات الأولى لاستهداف مركز إيواء مدرسة أسماء بمخيم الشاطئ غربي مدينة غزة #التلفزيون_العربي #التلفزيون_العربي_الصورة_الأوضح"
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Archivist Notes On This Video

Summary translation: "*I am now at Asmaa school, one of the densely populated shelters in Al-Shati camp, which was struck by israeli aircraft, causing this amount of destruction. We saw torn body parts of martyrs, a number of whom were retrieved. This room was burnt as the missile penetrated and there are martyrs inside."

Islam goes inside the room where is told there are about 2 or 3 killed people crushed under the building. Paramedic Hussein Mhaysen confirms the crews have found 8 martyrs, in addition to the two in that room.

Islam was told by one of the witnesses that one of the victims was displaced from North Gaza.

Archivist Notes: Asmaa school massacre

Around 1:30 pm, Israeli strikes targeted the UNRWA's 'Asma Bent Abi Bakr' school in Shati camp, west of Gaza City.

This is the fourth Israeli bombing on the school since June 2024:

  • June 6, 2024: 3 killed in targeting a room stocking toys
  • June 25, 2024: 14 killed
  • October 19, 2024: 8 killed, many torn to shreds

Minutes after the strike, casualties were confirmed at 9 killed and about 20 injuries.

Graphic footage showed at least 4 men were killed or injured while carrying loaves of bread, now soaked in their blood, 3 children seriously injured, and an edlerly man disemboweled by the Israeli strike.

Among the dead were four journalists (Sources 1 2 3):

  1. Saed Ridwan: Head of the Digital Media Department at Al-Aqsa channel (aka Seraj TV)
  2. Hamza Abu Salmiya: editor at Snd News Agency
  3. Haneen Mahmoud Baroud: media professional and journalist at the Jerusalem Foundation.
  4. Nadia Imad Al-Sayed: producer and presenter at local radio stations.

Names of the martyrs (identified):

  1. Haneen Mahmoud Baroud (journalist and media professional)
  2. Zeina Saeed Al-Ghoul(o/1) (9 y/o child)
  3. Hamza Abu Salmiya (journalist)
  4. Shoaib Al-Haddad (Elderly architect; footage shows he was disemboweled)
  5. Ahmed Shoaib Al-Haddad (Shoaib's son)
  6. Saed Ridwan (journalist)
  7. Hamza Abu Sabha
  8. Saja Ahmed Al-Atal
  9. Nidaa Al-Atal
  10. Nadia Imad Al-Sayed
  11. Abu Abdullah Zaqout

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