Palestinian officials are accusing Israeli forces of carrying out “execution-style” killings in Gaza after the discovery of a mass grave containing at least 30 decomposing bodies. Some of the victims were blindfolded with their hands tied behind their backs with zip ties. The bodies were found on the grounds of a school in Beit Lahia. Al Jazeera spoke to one man who helped discover the bodies. Palestinian man: “Inside the schoolyard, we were shocked to find the dead bodies. Those are Palestinian civilians, blindfolded and handcuffed at the back. The dead bodies were kept inside black plastic bags.” The discovery of the mass grave comes as the death toll in Gaza has topped 27,000. At least another 66,000 have been injured. The group Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor is now estimating that more than 25,000 Palestinian children have lost one or both parents in Gaza over the past four months.

More video and eyewitness info on Al Jazeera so far

Also reported on Common Dreams and Middle East Eye.

I haven’t found any reports of any independent investigations yet, hopefully they are underway

    • HappycamperNZ@lemmy.worldEnglish
      89·
      5 months ago

      Nope - accurate reporting does. Like I wouldn’t trust hamas to comment on Israel - its the point of independent journalism to give both sides, not take sides.

      The thing I’ve learned most over this conflict is how much of a godsend BBC is - ban emotive language, report both sides, only send out evidence that is backed.

      Thanks for the update as well. I’m trying to not take sides but can only do it when information is out there.

        • HappycamperNZ@lemmy.worldEnglish
          97·
          5 months ago

          God, Middle East Eye is worse - they actively provide a biased arguement and have provided 0 Israel viewpoint and refuse to discuss who owns it. Their reviews discuss how they use manipulative language to push viewpoints and pass over any information counter to their agenda.

          Had a look at the clip (well, first minute). Does this sound like a balanced view point to you.

          • YouTuber

          • listed outrage and disgusted before showing the clip i.e told you how to react

          • mentioned issues with screen recording from BBC (nothing to do with the the clip, just there so you already question them)

          • was already at an rally with this viewpoint before the information came up.

          • completely loaded with emotive words and reactions

          Vs BBC clip

          • names, places

          • fact (visited, rally, support, Hamas designated terrorist organization)

          • clear, non emotive language.

          • the only issue is calling it pro Hamas, which is an understandable conclusion as Hamas is the Palestine government. Who is responsiblefor the welfare of Palestine citizens - their government. Its no different than calling supporting American military ops pro-Biden.

          If you go up to my eairler comment MEE is horrific fir accuracy and bias

          • Linkerbaan@lemmy.worldEnglish
            62·
            5 months ago

            Are you calling all Palestinians Hamas?

            As Israel pounds Gaza, BBC journalists accuse broadcaster of bias

            In the latest newsroom fallout over the war, BBC journalists say the corporation is failing to humanise Palestinians.

            In a 2,300-word letter written to Al Jazeera by eight UK-based journalists employed by the corporation, the BBC is also said to be guilty of a “double standard in how civilians are seen”, given that it is “unflinching” in its reporting of alleged Russian war crimes in Ukraine.

            “The BBC has failed to accurately tell this story – through omission and lack of critical engagement with Israel’s claims – and it has therefore failed to help the public engage with and understand the human rights abuses unfolding in Gaza,” the letter reads. “Thousands of Palestinians have been killed since October 7. When will the number be high enough for our editorial stance to change?”

          • zerog_bandit@lemmy.worldEnglish
            37·
            5 months ago

            Down votes here are extremely telling about how pro Palestinian supporters are really just anti Jew.