Not less than 22 Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli strike that hit a college housing displaced individuals in Gaza Metropolis, the Gaza Well being Ministry stated.
The Palestinian Civil Protection company in Gaza confirmed that Israel attacked the Zeitoun faculty within the japanese a part of Gaza Metropolis on Saturday.
The useless included 13 kids, six ladies and a three-month-old child, the Authorities Media Workplace stated in an announcement, including that Israel had dedicated a “horrible bloodbath.”
Not less than 30 individuals have been injured, the ministry stated, together with a number of who suffered critical burns. Two persons are nonetheless lacking.
Civil defence spokesman Mahmud Bassal stated 1000’s of displaced individuals had sought shelter on the faculty.
The Israeli army stated in an announcement that the air drive had “carried out a exact strike towards terrorists working inside a Hamas command and management middle in Gaza Metropolis.”
He stated the goal was “embedded inside” the al-Falah faculty, which is adjoining to the Zeitoun faculty buildings.
Israeli forces incessantly accuse the group of utilizing civilian services for army functions, one thing Hamas denies.
That is the most recent in a sequence of Israeli raids on faculty buildings housing displaced individuals in Gaza, the place tens of 1000’s of Palestinians pushed from their houses by Israeli offensives and evacuation orders have sought refuge.
An assault on the United Nations-run al-Jawni faculty in central Gaza on September 11 sparked worldwide protests after the UN company for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) stated six of its employees have been amongst 18 reported deaths.
In line with the press workplace, Israel has to date bombed 181 displaced individuals centres and shelters.
William Deere, director of UNRWA’s Washington workplace, advised Al Jazeera earlier this month that Israeli forces have attacked a complete of 190 UN-run services over the course of the conflict, “lots of them greater than as soon as”. That is even if the company shared its GPS coordinates with the Israeli army.
On August 1, a minimum of 15 individuals have been killed in an Israeli assault on the Dalal al-Mughrabi faculty in Gaza Metropolis, whereas on August 3, one other 16 have been killed within the shelling of the Hamama faculty, additionally in Gaza Metropolis.
On August 4, a minimum of 30 individuals have been killed in Israeli airstrikes on the Nassr and Hassan Salama faculties west of Gaza Metropolis, whereas on August 8, a minimum of 17 have been killed in assaults on the Abdul Fattah Hamouda and az-Zahra faculties, additionally positioned in Gaza Metropolis.
And on August 10, greater than 100 individuals have been killed and one other 150 injured after Israeli forces shelled the al-Tabin faculty east of Gaza Metropolis.
Not less than 41,391 Palestinians, most of them civilians, have been killed in Israel’s conflict on Gaza since final October, based on the Gaza Well being Ministry, together with 119 deaths up to now 72 hours.
On Saturday, it was reported that 95,760 individuals have been injured within the Gaza Strip for the reason that conflict started following the Hamas-led assault on Israel on October 7 final 12 months.
