Israel accused of executing parents in front of children in Gaza

[Alamuti Lotus]

Israel accused of executing parents in front of children in Gaza

One nine-year-old boy said his father had been shot dead in front of him despite surrendering to Israeli soldiers with his hands in the air.

Another youngster described witnessing the deaths of his mother, three brothers and uncle after the house they were in was shelled.

He said his mother and one of his siblings had been killed instantly, while the others bled to death over a period of days.

A psychiatrist treating children in the village of Zeitoun on the outskirts of Gaza City, where the alleged incidents took place, described the deaths as a "massacre".

Rawya Borno, a Jordanian doctor, said civilians, including children, were rounded up and killed by Israeli troops.

Israel has denied the claims, dismissing them as Hamas propaganda, but said that an investigation is being conducted into soldiers' conduct in the area.

[Idealism]

1. I guess this is the "weakening the rules of engagement" we were hearing of.

[BrklynLiberal]

2. They are acting just like Americans did in Iraq...

[EFerrari]

3. Right. Hamas propaganda. Amy had a college kid on today

whose father and two brothers were trying to flee their village when their car was hit. One brother, an architect, died right there. The other brother bled to death because the IDF wouldn't allow them to go for help and wouldn't let help come to them. The IDF was holed up in a house some meters away with a bunch of hostages at the time. It took 20 hours for the brother to die and there was nothing the father could do except try to keep stray cats off of the body of the son who was already dead.

The kid that bled to death was 18 and he had just finished his first semester of college.