Health Ministry of Gaza:

Israel strike on UN school which was used as shelter

Israel's invasion of a UN school in Gaza caused 16 martyrs and several injuries in the bombing of a school Nuseirat refugee camp.

News ID: 84734

Date: 07 July 2024 - 08:46

TEHRAN (defapress) - The health ministry in Gaza said an Israeli strike on Saturday on a school where displaced people were sheltering martyred 16 civilians.

In a statement on Saturday, the Government Media Office said more than 75 people also were injured in the attack on the al-Jaouni school in central Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp.

“We condemn the Israeli occupation [for] committing these ongoing crimes and massacres against civilians, children and women,” it said.

The Nuseirat facility, run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), is the latest school to be bombed by the Israeli military since the Gaza war began in early October.

The Gaza media reported that 7,000 people were sheltering at the school.

The civil defense spokesperson, Mahmud Bassal, also announced that absolutely no place in the Gaza Strip is safe.

At least 38,098 Palestinians have been martyred in Israeli attacks across Gaza since October 7 and the besieged enclave faces dire shortages of food, water, medicine, and other humanitarian supplies.