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Published 28 Mar, 2024 04:00pm

Israel accused of ‘executing’ 13 children near al-Shifa in one week

The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor has accused Israeli forces of directly shooting at and executing 13 children in and near al-Shifa Hospital in just one week, Al Jazeera reports.

The monitoring group, citing its teams on the ground, said some of the fatal shootings occurred as victims’ families were inside their homes amid Israel’s continuing raid on al-Shifa, and others while the victims were attempting to escape via routes designated as safe.

In one testimony, Islam Ali Salouha told Euro-Med that Israeli forces on Sunday shot at and killed his sons — nine-year-old Ali and six-year-old Saeed Muhammad Sheikha — on a corpse-strewn street near al-Shifa that the Israeli army had designated for travel. The Israeli forces targeted the two children in particular, he said.

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