‘Between 35 and 45 people’ killed in Thursday strike on UNRWA school
UNRWA spokeswoman Tamara Alrifai says the shelter that Israeli forces attacked on Thursday was housing “up to 6,000 people”.
“Originally, this was a school but since the beginning of the war, it has housed people who have been repeatedly displaced as the conflict in Gaza evolved,” she told the Democracy Now news outlet.
“The strike happened around 2am and from what we understand there are between 35 and 45 people killed, many of them are children.”
“Up to 6,000 people had sought refuge & safety inside that school”@TamaraAlrifai tells @democracynow this is a very predictable outcome of a strike on overcrowded facilities sheltering civilians. People have gone to @UN buildings for a safe haven, but nowhere is safe in #Gaza pic.twitter.com/1g0wTXuiiL
— UNRWA (@UNRWA) June 7, 2024
UN warns Israeli military of violations of international law after UN school attack
The UN’s human right office has said that the Israeli military’s failure to ensure “distinction, proportionality and precaution” in its attacks that have killed Palestinian civilians would amount to violations of international humanitarian law.
Responding after an Israeli air strike killed at least 35 people at a UN-run school in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, the UN rights office said that Israel’s claim that Palestinian fighters were using the school does not justify such an attack.
The presence of fighters “would not allow or justify violations” of the international humanitarian law principles of distinguishing between civilians and combatants when carrying out attacks, and proportionately and precaution to ensure civilians are not targeted, the UN said in a statement.
“We note with concern that this attack follows a strike last week on an IDPs camp that left at least 45 Palestinians dead,” the UN rights office said.
And Israel does it again the next day
Several people killed in Shati refugee camp
Several people have been killed and a number of others have been injured in an Israeli bombing that targeted an UNRWA school housing displaced people in Shati refugee camp, located on the coast of Gaza City, according to our colleagues on the ground.
Israeli forces open fire on Palestinian fishermen
An Al Jazeera correspondent has reported that a number of Palestinian fishermen have been injured after Israeli forces opened fire on a port west of Rafah.
Two bodies recovered in Gaza City’s Sabra area
Gaza’s civil defence says two bodies and several injured people have been recovered after Israeli forces targeted a house near as-Salam Mosque in the Sabra neighbourhood of Gaza City.
Israeli bombing kills one in central Gaza’s az-Zawayda
An Al Jazeera correspondent reports that Israeli forces have bombed the az-Zawayda area in central Gaza, resulting in the death of a Palestinian and the injury of others.
Israeli forces kill 2 west of Rafah city
An Al Jazeera correspondent reports that two Palestinians have been killed and a number of others injured by Israeli forces’ fire west of the city of Rafah.
More than 50 Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks in central Gaza
A spokesman for the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah in central Gaza says 54 Palestinians were killed, while dozens of others have been injured, in Israeli attacks targeting areas in the central Gaza Strip.
Hospital spokesperson Khalil al-Degran said the number of bodies and injured patients that arrived at the hospital was within one day.
Clear surge in Israeli attacks on areas classified as safe zones
The Israeli military has been increasing attacks across many areas in Gaza. The main focus in the past couple of days, even early this morning, are the central areas, including the Bureij and Maghazi refugee camps and Deir el-Balah.
These areas have been classified by the Israeli military as safe zones, yet what we’ve noticed a clear surge in military on Maghazi.
In last night’s attacks, at least six Palestinians were killed after a house was targeted. Two others were killed here in Deir el-Balah and there is ongoing constant bombardment in the Bureij refugee camp.
What we do know and hear from citizens is that the vast majority of attacks were carried out without any prior warning. They have been targeting densely populated areas without any kind of precaution to avoid any casualties among the civilians and that reflects the Israeli intention to grow the military operation.
Gaza’s death toll rises
