Deadly Israeli Shelling Hits Gaza UN School


Deadly Israeli Shelling Hits Gaza UN School

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Israeli shelling on a UN-run school being used as a shelter in the Gaza Strip has killed at least 16 people and injured scores of others, the health ministry in Gaza said.

Wednesday’s shelling hit the school in Jabaliya refugee camp, emergency services spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said, on the 23rd day of Israel's military campaign against the Palestinian coastal enclave.

Earlier medics put the death toll at 23.

An official for the UN's Palestinian refugee agency, UNRWA, told AFP that the strike hit a bathroom and two classrooms inside the girls' school.

Al Jazeera, reporting from Gaza's Kamal Adwan hospital, where scores of injured were brought, said there were more than 90 injured.

The report said people there did not know why Israel had hit the shelter, adding that the attack caused panic among people living in different UN-run shelters.

"As we were driving to the hospital, we saw families with many children leaving other UN schools. They feel insecure. There seem to be no safe shelter for them, not even in UN schools," Al Jazeera correspondent said.

Almost 15,000 Palestinians were seeking shelter in 83 UNRWA schools, according to UN refugee agency.

 

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