Report: Ten dead in attack on school in Gaza, fourth attack in four days
A Gaza hospital said at least 10 people were killed and dozens injured in an attack on a school used as accommodation for displaced Palestinians on Tuesday, the fourth such attack in four days.
The attack hit the gate of Al-Awda School in Abasan, near the southern city of Khan Yunis, said the source at Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, where the victims were taken.
There was no initial comment from Israel; the country has admitted to having carried out three more attacks on schools in the Gaza Strip used as accommodation for refugees since Saturday.
According to officials in the Hamas-controlled area, at least 20 people were killed in these attacks.
Israel said all three attacks were directed against activists hiding in the schools.
On Saturday, an Israeli attack hit the UN-run Al-Jawni school in Nuseirat, central Gaza, killing 16 people, according to the territory’s health ministry.
The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said that 2,000 people were there at the time.
The following day, four people were killed in an attack on the church-run Holy Family School in Gaza City, according to civil defense officials.
The Latin Patriarchate, which owns the school, said the site was crowded with hundreds of people.
Another UNRWA-run school in Nuseirat was hit on Monday. A local hospital said several people had been taken for treatment.
Israel said it had targeted “several terrorists” who were using the school as cover.
Hamas denies Israeli accusations that it uses schools, hospitals and other civilian facilities for military purposes.
According to the UNRWA humanitarian agency, more than 500 people have been killed in schools and other shelters run by the agency in the Gaza Strip since the war began on October 7 with Hamas’ attack on Israel.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
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