Rights group finds no evidence of Hamas military presence at school massacre site

August 11 (UPI) – Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor, a Swiss-based nonprofit group, found no evidence of a Hamas military presence at a school where Palestinians were massacred by Israeli fighters.

“Preliminary reports indicate that the Israeli army detonated three US-made bombs in the attack, which had a tremendous capacity to burn, melt and destroy bodies,” Euro-Med Monitor said. said in a report.

Israel claimed, without evidence, that the Tab’een School in Gaza City was used as a command center by the Palestinian resistance militia to justify its attack, which killed more than 100 sheltering civilians. It is just the latest attack on a school by the Israelis.

The Euro-Med Monitor team inspected the school – which housed more than 2,500 displaced people in Gaza City – and recorded survivors’ statements to determine that “there were no military meetings or centers at the school, and it was never used for military purposes. “

“Survivors testified that the school was providing shelter to hundreds of children whose families felt safe there,” the rights group said.

He added that the school’s cramped layout and lack of launch pads would make it a poor choice for a military installation.

The nonprofit noted that Israel specifically targeted a prayer hall, in violation of international humanitarian law. Girls, including young children, were among the victims.

“We were sleeping. We woke up to the sound of an explosion and a fire. We came out of our classrooms and found a fire burning near the prayer hall. Tab’een School’s girls’ prayer hall is situated directly above the prayer hall male,” said Susan Mohammed Al-Barawi, a refugee who was sheltering at the school.

“Those who managed to survive were seriously burned or had their limbs amputated. I saw injured people with intestines coming out.”

Western nations, including Germany and Britain, spread unfounded allegations that Hamas was using civilians at the school as “human shields.” Israel has not been able to provide proof of its human shield claims.