Thursday, September 12, 2024

6 UNRWA staff among 18 killed in Israeli strike on Gaza school

from Daily Sabah

At least six members of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees were among the 18 killed Wednesday when Israel bombed a school housing displaced Palestinians in central Gaza.

The Al-Jawni school in Nuseirat had already been bombed several times over the course of the 11-month war in Gaza.

The latest strike Wednesday flattened part of the U.N.-run facility where Gazans had sought shelter, leaving only a charred heap of rebar and concrete.

"For the fifth time, Israeli forces bombed the UNRWA-run Al-Jawni School, killing 18 citizens, including two UNRWA staff members, children, and women, and injuring more than 18 others," Gaza's Civil Defence spokesperson Mahmud Bassal posted on Telegram, referring to the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees.

UNRWA later confirmed six of its staffers had been killed in two Israeli air raids on the Nuseirat school and its surroundings, calling it the highest death toll among its team in a single incident...

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