Hamas denies killing children, beheading and attacking civilians after Israeli complaints

The Islamic group Hamas today he denied having “killed children, beheaded and attacked civilians” during his attack on Israel on Saturday, in response to “trumped-up accusations” by soldiers from Israel about massacres perpetrated in kibbutz by these militiamen.

“We firmly affirm the falsity of the accusations invented and propagated by some Western media outlets that adopt the Zionist narrative, including the allegation that killing children, beheading and attacking civilians“Hamas said in a statement, in which it defended that its militants only “attacked the (Israeli) military and security apparatus, which is a legitimate objective”.

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These statements come shortly after the Israeli Army reported that the militants had killed “to the women, children, babies and elderly people who were brutally massacred in the manner of the Islamic State” during the attack on the kibbutz Kfar Aza.

A spokesperson for the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs explained this Tuesday to EFE that among the bodies found in this community of 750 inhabitants, were “about 40 children, including babies.”

Yesterday, the Israeli Army organized a visit by foreign journalists to the kibbutzduring which soldiers told some journalists that the militants had killed dozens of residents and that some were beheaded.

However, the spokesperson for Army has not officially confirmed that there were decapitated victims.

Israeli soldiers remove the body of a compatriot, killed during an attack by Palestinian militants, in Kfar Aza, southern Israel, on the border with the Gaza Strip. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) (JACK GUEZ/)

Medical sources told EFE that they found burned bodies and an Israeli paramedic reported that, after the Israeli army repelled the militants and regained control of a nearby community – the Kibbutz Beeri– found piles of burned bodies, dozens of mutilated bodies and several corpses of raped women.

The surprise attack of Hamaswhich began on Saturday a war that today enters its fifth day and continues to record heavy exchanges of fire, has already left at least 1,200 dead in Israel It is more than 2,900 injured

On the Gaza side, the Palestinian Ministry of Health reported this Wednesday that it has so far recorded 950 deaths caused by Israeli bombings retaliation and at least 5,000 injured.

To these numbers are added 1,000 Palestinian militiamen dead in Israeli territory in clashes with security forces following infiltration from the Strip, according to the latest Army estimates.

On the other hand, the Israeli Government reported that more than 100 people They were kidnapped by Hamas and taken to Gaza as hostages.

Source: Elcomercio