Israeli army claims attack on Nuseirat school that killed 16 people
The army has taken responsibility for today’s bombing of a UN school housing displaced Palestinians in central Gaza that caused the deaths of at least 16 people, according to the Gaza Government Media Office.
The army said in a statement that the attack took place “in the area” of the al-Jaouni school, and targeted “terrorists”. The statement added that the army tried to minimise harm to civilians.
Our correspondent said earlier that the majority of the more than 75 wounded in the attack were children, as they reported from Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir el-Balah.
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An Israeli attack has killed at least 16 Palestinians and injured 50 others at UNRWA’s Al-Jaouni school sheltering displaced people in al-Nuseirat camp in central Gaza, the Palestinian Ministry of Health in the strip said on Saturday.
Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli attack on a UN school sheltering displaced people in Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, July 6
In a statement on Saturday, the Government Media Office said more than 75 people also were injured in the attack on al-Jaouni school in central Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp.
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.
Israeli warplanes target Gaza City
Al Jazeera’s correspondent in the Gaza Strip that Israeli attacks have hit the Sheikh Radwan and Zeitoun neighbourhoods in Gaza City, in the north of the Strip.
Death toll rises to 3 in Gaza City strikes
The Gaza Civil Defence is now reporting that it has recovered the bodies of three people from the rubble of a house in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood of the city in the northern Strip.
The group also said that it transported 15 people who were injured in the attack to the hospital for treatment.
‘Nothing justifies’ attack on UNRWA school
Sultan Barakat, Professor in Conflict and Humanitarian Studies at Qatar Foundation’s Hamad Bin Khalifa University, spoke to Al Jazeera about the latest Israeli strike on a UNRWA-run school in the Gaza Strip.
He described it as the “same terrible news that we keep getting over the nine of the last nine months”. He said, “It is extremely clear that the Israeli forces had “marked and identified” all UN facilities even before the war.
He noted that every place used for humanitarian purposes within Gaza is clearly identified, not just because civilians are inside but also because aid workers, medical staff, and aid suppliers are present.
“So really, there is no excuse for targeting any such facility”, he stated, adding, “nothing justifies such attacks, even if you knew that there is an unwanted person among the crowd, you don’t just attack at this scale”.
Children react after Israeli bombardment as they take refuge at the Jaouni school run by UNRWA in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip on July 6
