106 people killed in Israeli attack on building in Gaza – Human rights group

A recent report found that an Israeli attack in Gaza in October killed 106 civilians, including 54 children. The investigation did not find any evidence that the building targeted was used by militants, making the attack seem like a war crime.

International rules say that it’s not allowed to attack military places if it will probably hurt a lot of innocent people. The 31 attack was one of the worst since the war began about six months ago.

Human Rights Watch reported that four different airstrikes destroyed a building in central Gaza where about 350 people were living. Around one-third of these people had left their homes in other parts of the territory.

The people who died were children playing soccer outside and others were charging their phones in the grocery store on the first floor.

The group says that 34 women, 18 men, and 54 children were killed in the attack. They checked their list with a group in London to make sure it was correct. The people who died were from 22 different families. The Abu Said family lost 23 of their family members in the attack.

The news reported that four brothers and sisters, including 18-month-old twins, were killed in the attack in October.

“They didn’t have enough time here,” said Sami Abu Sultan, their uncle, one day after the building was destroyed. “It was what God wanted. ”

Human Rights Watch collected information for the report by talking to 16 people, including family members of those who died in the attack. They also looked at satellite pictures, 35 photos and 45 videos of what happened afterwards. I couldn’t go to the site because Israel doesn’t allow people to easily enter Gaza.

People who saw the attack told the organization that there was no warning before it happened. Human Rights Watch says Israel has not given any information about the supposed target and did not answer their requests for information.

The Israeli military did not reply right away when the Associated Press asked for a comment on Thursday.

Israel says it tries not to hurt innocent people and says it’s Hamas’ fault that civilians are dying because Hamas operates in crowded neighborhoods. The military doesn’t often talk about specific attacks that kill many people, including women and children, every day.

Israel is getting more and more criticism from other countries because it killed seven aid workers in recent attacks. Israel has been attacking Gaza very strongly and has killed more than 33,000 Palestinians, says the Gaza Health Ministry. This has been happening since Hamas attacked in October. Seven attackers caused the death of 1,200 people and held about 250 people as hostages. The attack on the strip is one of the most serious air attacks of the 21st century.