Amnesty International Secretary General Agnès Callamard:“Massacring civilians is a war crime and there can be no justification for these reprehensible attacks. We verified chilling videos that show armed men shooting at civilians and dragging people away as hostages. One disturbing video shows armed men parading a woman through central Gaza, like a scene from a nightmare. It may be that the Palestinian combatants did not at all times adequately distinguish themselves from the civilian population. The Mission found no evidence, however, to suggest that Palestinian armed groups either directed civilians to areas where attacks were being launched or that they forced civilians to remain within the vicinity of the attacks.

Source: The Guardian October 18, 2023 18:32 UTC