FACTIFADA By Topic: Extrajudicial Executions


Israeli undercover unit dressed as doctors, nurses, and patients kills three Palestinians in Ibn Sina Hospital in Jenin (30 January 2024)

Israeli undercover unit dressed as doctors, nurses, and patients kills three Palestinians in Ibn Sina Hospital in Jenin (30 January 2024)

CCTV footage from Ibn Sina Hospital in Jenin captured an overnight raid by Israeli undercover units that resulted in the assassinations of three Palestinians in their beds, one a paralyzed man. Israel claims the three were members of a “Hamas terrorist cell”. The footage, authenticated by Al Jazeera’s Sanad verification unit, shows the Israeli agents disguised as doctors, nurses and civilians—one carrying a fake baby—carrying guns as they search the hospital.

Discovery of mass grave containing 30 bodies in the grounds of Khalifa bin Zayed School (30 January 2024) — More evidence of summary executions

Discovery of mass grave containing 30 bodies in the grounds of Khalifa bin Zayed School (30 January 2024) — More evidence of summary executions

After Israeli Defence Force soldiers withdrew from Khalifa bin Zayed School in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, Palestinians discovered the bodies of 30 men and women inside the school’s grounds. The bodies were found under a pile of rubble in zip-up body bags, blindfolded and with their hands bound behind their backs with zip-ties. Palestinians who looked at the bodies reported they showed signs of torture.

The Sheikh Radwan Massacre (19 December 2023) – More evidence of summary executions

Al-Jazeera English published a video report on 18 January 2024 about what happened when Israeli soldiers entered a building in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood of Gaza City, just south of Jabaliya Refugee Camp, on 19 December 2023. This is the another well-documented case of the IDF carrying out summary executions, as with The Shadia Abu Ghazaleh School Massacre on 13 December 2023.

The Shadia Abu Ghazaleh School Massacre (13 December 2023)

The Shadia Abu Ghazaleh School Massacre (13 December 2023)

On 13 December 2023, the IDF entered the Shadia Abu Ghazaleh School, near Jabalia refugee camp in Gaza North and arrested all of the men, presumably for another “HAMAS is surrendering” photo op. The women, children, and infants left behind were brutally killed with gunfire, leaving “dozens” of bodies piled behind.