Israel lists alive, overseas Palestinians as fighters killed in Gaza strike

Palestinian officials in Gaza have poked holes in Israel's claim of killing 17 fighters in a recent strike on a UN-run school, revealing that some victims named in the Israeli list were killed in earlier strikes, one passed away in 2017, and others are still alive, including one who lives overseas.

Palestinian authorities exposed Israel's deceit on Friday, revealing that some of the Palestinians supposedly killed in the Nuseirat camp strike and passed off as Hamas fighters by Israeli propaganda machinery were actually alive or deceased years before.

"The Israeli list contains names of Palestinians who were killed before the attack on Thursday in the Nuseirat refugee camp, including Majd Darweesh who was killed on Wednesday by the army in the Maghazi camp; Maher Fadel and Motasem Shaqra, both killed on Wednesday in Bureij camp and Jamil al-Maqadma, an elderly man who died in 2017," Palestinian officials in Gaza revealed.

The Israeli "kill list" includes names of three Palestinians who are still alive, including one who has been living abroad for years, the officials said.

After the massacre and global condemnations, the Israeli military prepared and released a list of 17 names it claimed were members of Palestinian resistance groups Hamas and the Islamic Jihad, who it said had gathered in a room in the school in central Gaza.

Palestinian officials say at least 40 people — all displaced and seeking refuge in the UN-run school — were killed in the strike, mostly women and children. They also named 12 child victims and also found remains of two unidentified children.