Palestinian officials are accusing Israeli forces of carrying out “execution-style” killings in Gaza after the discovery of a mass grave containing at least 30 decomposing bodies. Some of the victims were blindfolded with their hands tied behind their backs with zip ties. The bodies were found on the grounds of a school in Beit Lahia. Al Jazeera spoke to one man who helped discover the bodies. Palestinian man: “Inside the schoolyard, we were shocked to find the dead bodies. Those are Palestinian civilians, blindfolded and handcuffed at the back. The dead bodies were kept inside black plastic bags.” The discovery of the mass grave comes as the death toll in Gaza has topped 27,000. At least another 66,000 have been injured. The group Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor is now estimating that more than 25,000 Palestinian children have lost one or both parents in Gaza over the past four months.

More video and eyewitness info on Al Jazeera so far

Also reported on Common Dreams and Middle East Eye.

I haven’t found any reports of any independent investigations yet, hopefully they are underway

  • WaxedWookie@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    A question for the genocide deniers that’ll pop into this thread to spout their monstrous nonsense…

    Can you point to a way in which the actions, policies, or rhetoric of the Israeli government meaningfully differs from those of Novemberpogrome-era (Krystalnacht-era) Nazi Germany?

    This isn’t pointed at any individual, so I’m not even putting you on the spot - this is an opportunity for you to bring your best answers.

    • okamiueru@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      8 months ago

      Can you point to a way in which the actions, policies, or rhetoric of the Israeli government meaningfully differs from those of Novemberpogrome-era (Krystalnacht-era) Nazi Germany?

      They spoke German.

    • InfiniteGlitch@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      8 months ago

      I have realized a while ago that there’s no point in arguing or discussing with genocide-deniers, pro-Israel and pro-zionists.

      They will write the most delusional things, deny every evidence there’s and come up with the most delusional things to defend the Israeli-Government.

      • WaxedWookie@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        8 months ago

        I think they’re delusional enough that there’s value in giving them the space to lay that delusion out for all to see. They’re one of the best arguments against themselves.

    • assassin_aragorn@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      8 months ago

      With how often we spar, I feel it’s worth mentioning that I fully agree with you here. There’s enough substantial evidence. This is horrific.

      Between this and the IDF disguising itself as civilians and doctors to kill targets in a hospital, it’s fairly clear that the organization needs to completely disband as part of any peace agreement.

    • HappycamperNZ@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      8 months ago

      Looked into the presenter of this video (Middle East Eye)

      • heavy Palestine bias

      • owners not known

      • 0 Israeli perspective

      • (edit after chatting with poster - two week old video edited for this event)

      I’ve gone through the last 8 hours of Al Jazeera links - no mention of this article. The review from the last 24 hours does not mention this link. Do you have an Al Jazeera, BBC, or AP link to this video, because right now it looks fabricated with the AJ logo.

      The AJ link you posted is a great article- bodies found, likely bound and executed, investigating ongoing, Palestine blames Israel.