Palestinian Factions, Arab Countries Condemn Israel’s ‘Heinous’ School Massacre

A young man mourns over the corpse of a person killed in an Israeli strike on a school used by displaced Palestinians as a temporary shelter in Gaza City on August 10, 2024, that killed more than 90 people. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
A young man mourns over the corpse of a person killed in an Israeli strike on a school used by displaced Palestinians as a temporary shelter in Gaza City on August 10, 2024, that killed more than 90 people. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
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Palestinian Factions, Arab Countries Condemn Israel’s ‘Heinous’ School Massacre

A young man mourns over the corpse of a person killed in an Israeli strike on a school used by displaced Palestinians as a temporary shelter in Gaza City on August 10, 2024, that killed more than 90 people. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)
A young man mourns over the corpse of a person killed in an Israeli strike on a school used by displaced Palestinians as a temporary shelter in Gaza City on August 10, 2024, that killed more than 90 people. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)

Israel’s recent airstrike on a Gaza school sheltering displaced people drew a wave of condemnations from Palestinian factions and Arab countries on Saturday.
Palestinian sources had previously reported that more than 100 Palestinians were killed and dozens more were injured in an Israeli airstrike targeting the school in Gaza.
The strikes hit when people sheltering at the school were performing dawn prayers, leading to many casualties, the Hamas media office said in a statement. Medics had not yet been able to reach all the bodies, it said.
Hamas condemned the crime saying the “massacre at the (al-Tabe'een) school in the Daraj neighborhood of Gaza City is a horrific crime that represents a dangerous escalation in the unprecedented series of crimes and massacres in the history of wars, committed in the Gaza Strip by the new Nazis”.
“The escalation of Zionist criminality and widespread violations against civilians would not have continued without American support for the extremist government”, said Hamas in a statement reported by the Palestinian News Agency (Safa).
Moreover, the Fatah Movement said: “The heinous bloody massacre committed by the Israeli occupation forces at al-Tabe’een school...is the peak of terrorism and criminality by the fascist occupation government”.
It added that Israel’s crimes are an unequivocal confirmation of its efforts “to exterminate our people through a policy of cumulative killing and collective massacres”.
For its part, Egypt’s foreign ministry accused Israel of repeatedly committing “large-scale crimes”, and deliberately targeting vast number of unarmed civilians whenever there is an international push for a ceasefire
It said Israel’s bombardment “is an unprecedented disregard of international law”.
Jordanian spokesperson Ambassador Sufyan Qudah expressed Jordan's absolute condemnation of Israel’s ongoing violations of international and humanitarian law, calling for an immediate halt to the aggression on Gaza.
He criticized the lack of a firm international stance to curb Israeli Occupation's actions, which have led to unprecedented human suffering.
Ambassador Qudah also noted that this attack, occurring as mediators attempt to negotiate a ceasefire and prisoner exchange, indicates Israeli Occupation's intent to disrupt these efforts.



UK FM Calls Israeli Attacks on Gaza Hospital 'Deplorable'

Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza, on October 31, 2024. © AFP file photo
Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza, on October 31, 2024. © AFP file photo
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UK FM Calls Israeli Attacks on Gaza Hospital 'Deplorable'

Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza, on October 31, 2024. © AFP file photo
Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza, on October 31, 2024. © AFP file photo

British foreign minister David Lammy condemned Israel's attacks on medical facilities in Gaza on Sunday after two Israeli missiles hit a building inside a Gaza hospital.

"Israel's attacks on medical facilities have comprehensively degraded access to healthcare in Gaza," Lammy said in a short post on social media, Reuters reported.

"Al-Ahli Hospital has been attacked repeatedly since the conflict began. These deplorable attacks must end. Diplomacy, not more bloodshed, is how we will achieve a lasting peace."