‘Fired point-blank’: Survivors recall Israel’s school massacre in Gaza

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Survivors of the attack on the UN-run Shadia Abu Ghazala School in northern Gaza are coming forward to recount the horrors of the deadly rampage reported to have been carried out by Israeli soldiers, Al Jazeera reports.

Witnesses said several people, including women, children and babies who had taken shelter in the school, were killed execution-style by Israeli forces.

A father of one of the victims said he was asleep with his wife and six children when Israeli soldiers “suddenly stormed” the school and opened fire.

“They entered the classroom we were in and fired directly at those present without uttering a word,” he said.

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