Israeli attack on Gaza school sheltering displaced Palestinians kills 22

The dormant from the onslaught connected Zeitoun School successful Gaza City see 13 children and six women.

At slightest 22 Palestinians person been killed successful an Israeli attack that deed a schoolhouse sheltering displaced radical successful Gaza City, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health.

The Palestinian Civil Defence bureau successful Gaza confirmed that Israel targeted the Zeitoun School successful the eastbound portion of Gaza City connected Saturday.

Those killed see 13 children, six women, and a three-month-old baby, the Government Media Office said successful a statement, adding that Israel had committed a “horrific massacre”.

At slightest 30 radical were wounded, the ministry said, including respective who suffered terrible burns. Two radical stay missing.

Civil defence spokesperson Mahmud Bassal noted that thousands of displaced radical had sought structure astatine the school.

Israel’s subject said successful a connection the aerial unit had “conducted a precise onslaught connected terrorists who were operating wrong a Hamas bid and power centre successful Gaza City”.

It said the people was “embedded inside” the al-Falah School, which is adjacent to the Zeitoun School buildings.

Israeli forces often impeach the radical of utilizing civilian facilities for subject purposes. Hamas denies this.

This is the latest successful a bid of Israeli raids connected schoolhouse buildings lodging displaced radical successful Gaza, wherever tens of thousands of Palestinians driven from their homes by Israeli offensives and evacuation orders person been sheltering.

A onslaught connected the United Nations-run al-Jawni School successful cardinal Gaza connected September 11 drew planetary outcry aft the UN bureau for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said six of its staffers were among the 18 reported deaths.

According to the media office, Israel has bombed 181 displacement and structure centres to date.

William Deere, manager of UNRWA’s Washington Office, told Al Jazeera earlier this period that Israeli forces person targeted a full of 190 UN-run facilities successful the people of the war, “many of them much than once”. That’s contempt the bureau sharing their GPS coordinates with the Israeli military.

On August 1, astatine slightest 15 radical were killed successful an Israeli onslaught connected the Dalal al-Mughrabi schoolhouse successful Gaza City, portion connected August 3, different 16 were killed successful the bombing of the Hamama school, besides successful Gaza City.

On August 4, astatine slightest 30 radical were killed successful Israeli aerial raids connected the Nassr and Hassan Salama schools, westbound of Gaza City, portion connected August 8, astatine slightest 17 were killed successful attacks connected Abdul Fattah Hamouda and az-Zahra schools, which are besides located successful Gaza City.

And connected August 10, much than 100 radical were killed and 150 others wounded aft Israeli forces bombed al-Tabin school, eastbound of Gaza City.

At slightest 41,391 Palestinians, astir of them civilians, person been killed successful Israel’s warfare connected Gaza since past October, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, including 119 deaths successful the past 72 hours.

It said connected Saturday that 95,760 radical person been wounded successful the Gaza Strip since the warfare began pursuing the Hamas-led onslaught connected Israel connected October 7 past year.

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