"Pieces of People": Israeli Strike on Gaza School Kills 100+, Bodies Destroyed Beyond Recognition

[Uncle Joe]

The official death toll in Gaza now stands at just under 40,000, though the true number of casualties is likely far higher with many thousands of the dead unaccounted for. In one of the deadliest attacks of the entire war, Israel on Saturday bombed the al-Tabin school in Gaza City where thousands of Palestinians had sought shelter. Officials in Gaza say over 100 Palestinians were killed in the attack, many of them while they were praying at a mosque inside the school. Many of the dead were dismembered or destroyed beyond recognition, with medics reportedly collecting body parts in plastic bags. CNN has confirmed a U.S.-made GBU-39 small diameter bomb was used in the strike, which resulted in “over 100 pieces of people,” says Palestinian journalist Shrouq Aila in Gaza. “I’m saying 'pieces' because nobody was able to recognize the full body of their beloved ones.”

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[Bayard]

1. U.S.-made GBU-39 to bomb a school....

I'm wondering how President Harris will handle this war?

[Oopsie Daisy]

2. That's a tragic consequence and what happens when Hamas hides among civilians.

Or when they stockpile weapons in/around/under/on civilian locations like schools, hospitals, and markets.

[elias7]

3. Zero info article favors assumptions and presumptions

Was it a school for kids or a shelter for adults or a staging area for Hamas?

Assuming a non-genocidal intent, there is likely strong intelligence that led IDF to bomb this particular structure. Of course, if you presume a genocidal intent, the article gives one all sorts of reasons to lean into that bias because Democracy Now has the least inquisitive reporters regarding what else might be going on inside a terrorist territory where the terrorists control the messaging.

The official toll does not distinguish between innocents/collateral vs enemy combatants vs those killed by Hamas for fleeing vs those killed by Hamas’ and Islamic Jihads faulty missiles aimed at Israel.

[Uncle Joe]

4. It's not Hamas that's preventing the world's journalists from entering Gaza and covering what's happening there. n/t