Israel bombs another UN-run school in Gaza ‘without warning’, killing 20 Gaza News
Israeli forces have bombed another UN-run school in southern Gaza, witnesses told Al Jazeera, killing at least 20 displaced Palestinians sheltering in the building, as the besieged area including Beit Hanoun, Deir al The death toll from many attacks in the U.S. is high. The emergence of Bala and Nussirat refugee camps.
At least 69 people have been confirmed dead as a result of Israeli strikes in the past 24 hours, according to the latest report from Gaza’s health ministry published on Monday morning.
Al Jazeera’s Tariq Abu Azzoum, reporting from Deir al-Balah, said the attack on a UNRWA-run school in Khan Yunis on Sunday evening came “without any warning”.
“Civilians were attacked while they were sleeping, including women and children. They were not warned by the Israeli army before the attack,” our correspondent said.
The school, a three-storey building, is located next to the Nasir Medical Complex. “The third floor was attacked, causing a huge amount of destruction,” Abu Azzoum said.
“Due to the scale of the attack, some bodies were torn into pieces,” he said. “It is estimated that the school is sheltering hundreds of Palestinian families and is located in a location busy with civic activity.”
Images posted on social media show the chaos that followed the attack and the search for survivors. Those who were injured and killed were taken to Nasser Medical Complex.
UNRWA facilities in Gaza have been frequently targeted since the Israeli offensive began in October 2023.
Abu Azzoum said, “Day by day, Israeli forces are focusing on destroying these UN-run shelters in which civilians are taking refuge due to standing buildings and a lack of safe places.”
‘Condemn the crimes of occupation’
More attacks took place on Khan Younis in the last 24 hours. According to the Palestinian Wafa news agency, Israeli aircraft bombed the village of Bani Suhaila, killing four and injuring others.
Meanwhile, the death toll in Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza, where Israeli forces attacked and surrounded the Khalil Oweida school on Sunday, has risen from 15 to 43, according to a spokesman for the government media office in Gaza.
“We condemn the various complex crimes committed by the occupation forces against our people. We call on the countries of the world to condemn the crimes of the occupation,” Ismail al-Thawbta said.
“We hold Israel and the United States legally responsible for the genocide of the occupation,” he said.
“We demand a swift and final end to the ongoing crises against our people before it is too late.”
In the Nussirat refugee camp, just north of Deir al-Balah, rescue workers are still digging through debris after Israeli forces attacked the home of the Abu Hajar family.
According to Wafa, at least five people, including a child, were killed in the attack. The camp was also targeted by Israeli forces on Friday, killing at least 30 people.
At least four people were also reported killed in a separate attack on a tent sheltering dozens of displaced Palestinians in Deir al-Balah on Sunday night.
On Sunday, Israeli forces also bombed the Nusirat camp, killing Palestinian journalist Ahmed al-Louah and five Palestinian civil defense workers. Al-Louah worked as a cameraman for Al Jazeera, among other media outlets. He was the third Gaza-based journalist killed in a span of 24 hours, bringing the number of Palestinian journalists killed by Israeli forces since October 7, 2023 to 196.
In the Shujaiya neighborhood of Gaza City, a separate Israeli attack killed 10 civilians, most of them from the same family.
An Israeli airstrike was also reported by our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, but there were no immediate reports on casualties.
