Watan-The Qatari channel Al Jazeera broadcasted images it claimed were of the retrieval of decomposed bodies of martyrs, found with bound hands and blindfolded eyes in a school in the northern Gaza Strip.
This comes within the context of repeated horrific crimes committed by the Israeli forces in Gaza, visible to the world and in clear defiance of all legal actions and movements before the International Criminal Court.
The source conveyed statements from the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas and the Palestinian Prisoners Club regarding the tragedy, confirming that the occupation committed the worst acts of torture and abuse against detainees.
Numerous videos and photos have circulated showing civilians, stripped naked, being led by the occupation forces to unknown locations, amidst warnings from activists and human rights advocates about possible extrajudicial killings and mass executions by Israel against the detainees.
مشاهد قاسية.. العثور على 30 جثمانًا بمدرسة للنازحين اقتحمها الاحتلال في شمال غزة pic.twitter.com/NoXIZmZlRC
— الجزيرة مصر (@AJA_Egypt) January 31, 2024
Hamas Statement Regarding the Crime
Hamas issued a statement on the crime, urging human rights institutions to document Israel’s execution of 30 Palestinians with bound hands in the northern Gaza Strip.
The movement emphasized that documented information, also confirmed by the Palestinian Prisoners Club, indicates the discovery of around 30 Palestinians who had been abused in a school in Beit Lahia, north of the Gaza Strip. They were found with bound hands and blindfolded eyes.
في مدرسة حمد بن خليفة شمال قطاع #غزة..
الكشف عن جريمة صهيونية مروعة للغاية، تكشف حجم النازية والإرهاب والحيوانية التي تسكن جيش العدو الصهيوني..في المدرسة تم اعتقال نحو 30 رجلاً من النازحين الأبرياء، تم تعصيب عيونهم وتقييد أيديهم، ثم إعدامهم بكل وحشية ثم إلقاء جثامينهم الطاهرة… pic.twitter.com/V4KEbZcWVJ
— أدهم أبو سلمية 🇵🇸 Adham Abu Selmiya (@adham922) January 31, 2024
According to Palestinian resistance, this suggests that the occupation forces executed civilians on the field after torturing them. The statement pointed out that Israel consistently shows disregard for the decisions of the International Court of Justice, which demanded an end to genocide and ethnic cleansing.
According to the statement issued by Hamas, these monstrous crimes will continue to haunt the occupation, and the day will come when they will be held accountable for their brutality and crimes that surpass the worst violations witnessed by humanity in our modern era.
The Palestinian Prisoners Club also confirmed that it has witness accounts indicating that the martyrs were bound hands and blindfolded, clearly showing that they were under arrest. This strongly indicates that the occupation committed a field execution against them.
إبادة جماعية
نادي الأسير: في ضوء الجريمة التي كُشف عنها أمس في بيت لاهيا شمال قطاع غزة، والمتمثلة بالعثور على جثامين 30 شهــيدًا داخل إحدى المدارس التي كان يحاصرها الاحتلال، وتبين من خلال مشاهدات من تواجدوا في المكان، أن الشهــداء كانوا مكبلي ومعصوبي الأعين، أي كانوا رهن… pic.twitter.com/dReobtbzvZ— مصطفى عاشور Mostafa Ashoor (@moashoor) January 31, 2024
In the past hours, several martyrs and wounded individuals have fallen due to the Israeli airstrikes in the Miraj area north of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.
A video clip showed the bodies of martyrs and wounded individuals lying on the road, with volunteers attempting to assist in transferring the injured to passing cars to take them to the hospital.