Gaza Israel’s civil defense agency has said that 19 people were killed in an Israeli attack on a school in the largest city of the Palestinian territory on Saturday. The attacked school was turned into a shelter.
Mehmood Basal, spokesman for the Civil Defense Organization, says that 13 children and six women are among those killed in the Israeli attack. A woman who died was pregnant.
The spokesman said that the Israeli attack on the Olive School in Gaza City “injured about 30 people, including nine children who required amputations.”
Basal said that thousands of homeless people have taken shelter in this school.
Israel The army said in a statement that the air force “struck individuals who were active inside the Hamas command and control center in Gaza City.”
The target of the attack was “located inside” Al-Falah School, which is located near the Al-Zaytoon School building, the statement said.
An AFP reporter at the scene confirmed that al-Zaytoun School C was targeted.
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Before the attack, the orphans had gathered there because they were to be sponsored by a local NGO, witnesses said.
Israel’s military, on the other hand, did not provide a death toll from the attack, but said several measures were taken to reduce the risk of civilian casualties, including precision ammunition, aerial surveillance and additional information. are.’
The attack was the latest in a series of Israeli attacks on schools used as shelters for displaced people in Gaza.
The September 11 attack on the UN-run al-Jawini school in central Gaza sparked international protests.
The United Nations agency for Palestine refugees said six of its staff were among the 18 people killed.
At least 41,391 Palestinians, most of them civilians, have died since the start of the Israeli offensive against Gaza, according to the Ministry of Health in the Hamas-controlled area. The United Nations has declared these figures reliable.
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2024-09-22 17:50:26
