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Hamas says it wasn t using a building housing prominent media outlets that Israel destroyed.
The building, which housed AP and Al Jazeera offices, was destroyed via a Saturday airstrike.
The recent fighting has killed at least 204 Palestinians and 10 Israelis.
Hamas on Monday rejected the Israeli government s assertion that the militant group was operating out of a Gaza building that housed prominent media outlets and was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike over the weekend. Hamas did not have any military or intelligence operations in Al-Jalaa Tower, Basem Naim, a Hamas official who is the head of the Council on International Relations in Gaza, told The Intercept. Naim s comments were the first official denial from Hamas to the international media regarding Israel s claims about the strike.
17 May 2021, 18:58 UTC
Israeli forces have displayed a shocking disregard for the lives of Palestinian civilians by carrying out a number of airstrikes targeting residential buildings in some cases killing entire families - including children - and causing wanton destruction to civilian property, in attacks that may amount to war crimes or crimes against humanity, said Amnesty International today.
The organization has documented four deadly attacks by Israel launched on residential homes without prior warning and is calling for the International Criminal Court (ICC) to urgently investigate these attacks. The death toll in Gaza continues to climb with at least 198 Palestinians killed including 58 children and more than 1,220 injured. Ten people in Israel, including two children, have been killed and at least 27 injured by Palestinian attacks.
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Israeli forces have displayed a shocking disregard for the lives of Palestinian civilians by carrying out a number of airstrikes targeting residential buildings in some cases killing entire families – including children – and causing wanton destruction to civilian property, in attacks that may amount to war crimes or crimes against humanity, said Amnesty International today.
The organization has documented four deadly attacks by Israel launched on residential homes without prior warning and is calling for the International Criminal Court (ICC) to urgently investigate these attacks. The death toll in Gaza continues to climb with at least 198 Palestinians killed including 58 children and more than 1,220 injured. Ten people in Israel, including two children, have been killed and at least 27 injured by Palestinian attacks.
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Israel has bombed residential homes in Gaza without warning, killing civilians, Amnesty International said.
The human rights group documented four such attacks, which it said may amount to war crimes.
At least 200 Palestinians have died, per authorities in Gaza. Ten Israelis have also been killed by indiscriminate rocket fire.
The Israeli government has engaged in a pattern of deadly attacks against residential homes in Gaza, carrying out bombing raids without giving the innocent men, women, and children inside any time to escape, Amnesty International charged on Monday.
The strikes, which show a shocking disregard for Palestinian civilians, may amount to war crimes or crimes against humanity, the human rights group said.