L“The school was bombarded by a large salvo of Israeli artillery, leaving 15 people dead, including children, women and entire families, and 50 injured.”declared Mahmud Bassal, spokesperson for the organization. The Israeli military said it was “reviewing information” on the matter.
“This school is home to hundreds of displaced people from different families, including some from Gaza, the south and various parts of the Gaza Strip”added Mr. Bassal.
The Israeli army regularly accuses Hamas of hiding in school buildings where thousands of Gazans have sought refuge, an accusation denied by the Palestinian Islamist movement.
The vast majority of the besieged Gaza Strip’s 2.4 million residents have been displaced at least once by the war, sparked by Hamas’ attack on Israel on October 7, and many have sought refuge in school buildings .
In addition, in the north of the Gaza Strip this time, five children were killed by a drone strike in the Al-Shati refugee camp, said the same source, attributing the strike to an Israeli drone.
“Our teams recovered the bodies of five martyrs, all children, after an Israeli drone targeted a group of children playing in the Al-Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City”Mr. Bassal said.
“The bodies were transported to Al-Chifa hospital, located in the western part of the city”he added.
Thousands of children have been killed since the start of the Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip which, according to the Hamas Ministry of Health, has caused the deaths of at least 42,227 people.
The Hamas attack on October 7, 2023 in Israeli territory resulted in the deaths of 1,206 people, the majority civilians, according to an AFP count based on official Israeli figures and including hostages who died or were killed in captivity in Gaza.
