The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the Israeli government’s mass slaughter of civilians in the bombing of a residential building in Gaza.
Israeli planes bombed a five-story residential building in northern Gaza, leaving over 50 people dead or missing. Earlier Thursday night, medical sources told Anadolu Agency that six people were killed in an Israeli strike targeting the home of the Dardouna family in the same area.
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Seven Palestinian children were also murdered by Israel in another attack in the south of Khan Younis.
In a statement, CAIR said:
“The Israeli government is kicking its genocide into overdrive while the world watches. Every day, Palestinian civilians are being massacred and even the few standing residential buildings are being destroyed with families inside. The Israeli government has openly announced its genocidal intent. The Trump administration must realize that Benjamin Netanyahu and his government of racist mass murderers are not interested in peace and must be stopped immediately.”
He noted that yesterday, CAIR condemned Florida Congressman Randy Fine’s statement calling for the nuclear annihilation of Gaza and urged both Republican and Democratic leaders to take immediate action to publicly denounce his genocidal rhetoric and remove him from all congressional committees and caucuses.
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CONTACT: CAIR National Deputy Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell, 404-285-9530, e-Mitchell@cair.com; CAIR Government Affairs Director Robert McCaw, 202-742-6448, rmccaw@cair.com; CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202-744-7726, ihooper@cair.com; CAIR National Communications Manager Ismail Allison, 202-770-6280, iallison@cair.com