""It's hard to see how two boys, eight and 10, can be considered a threat. And there needs to be an investigation and accountability into what happened," said Stéphane Dujarric, spokesperson for UN Secretary-General António Guterres, in remarks to the press on Wednesday."
""I removed the shroud and hugged them. My little Juju's head was blown off; God rest his soul," he told CNN. "His arms were severed and parts of his torso were gone.""
"In a post on X, the Israeli military said that soldiers "identified two suspects who crossed the yellow line" and "approached the troops." The children posed a "threat" to the soldiers, who "eliminated the suspects to remove the threat," the military said."
Two Palestinian brothers, Juma and Fadi Tamer Abu Assi, aged eight and ten, were killed in a drone strike east of Khan Younis while gathering firewood. Their father, Muhammad Abu Assi, described their bodies as torn to pieces, with one child's head blown off and limbs severed. The Israeli military said soldiers identified two suspects who crossed a yellow line, approached troops, posed a threat, and were eliminated. UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric called the killings horrific, said it was hard to see how the boys could be a threat, and demanded investigation and accountability. Israel has previously killed Palestinians alleged to have crossed the yellow line.
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