Thursday, June 6, 2024 –An Israeli air strike on a United Nations school in Gaza has resulted in the deaths of more than 27 people, according to Palestinian authorities
Before now, the school, located in the
Nuseirat refugee camp, was housing hundreds of people who had been displaced by
the ongoing war.
The Israeli military confirmed the strike,
stating it targeted a “Hamas compound” within the school.
Local journalists reported that two missiles
were fired at classrooms on the top floor of the school by an Israeli warplane.
The Hamas media office reported at least 27
fatalities from the strike and accused Israel of perpetrating a “horrific
massacre.”
According to reports, ambulances and rescue
teams were seen rushing to transport the injured and deceased to a nearby
hospital.
Meanwhile, footage on social media showed the aftermath of the strike, with destroyed classrooms and bodies wrapped in destroyed buildings.
Ismail al-Thawabta, the director of
the Hamas media office, denied Israeli claims that the school concealed a Hamas
command post. “The occupation uses false fabricated stories to justify the
brutal crime it conducted against dozens of displaced people,” he told Reuters.
In a statement, the Israel Defense Forces
(IDF) described the strike as a “precise” operation against a Hamas compound
embedded within the UNRWA school in Nuseirat. The IDF claimed the strike
eliminated Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists involved in the October 7 attack
on southern Israel, which resulted in around 1,200 deaths and 251 hostages
taken.
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