Aftermath of Israeli attack on UNRWA school in Nuseirat
Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli air strike on a UN school sheltering displaced people in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip
Several Palestinians were killed or wounded in the attack, health officials said. The Gaza media office put the initial death toll at least 15, but that has now climbed to 17.
The school has been housing hundreds of displaced people and those injured in the attack were rushed to the nearby Al-Aqsa Hospital.
Brazil slams ‘endless massacre’ in Gaza after bombings
Brazil has denounced Israel’s strikes on southern Gaza, urging the world not to “remain silent in the face of this endless massacre”.
“The most recent bombing in the Gaza Strip, which claimed the lives of hundreds of innocent people, is unacceptable,” the office of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said in a statement.
“It is appalling that they continue to collectively punish the Palestinian people. Tens of thousands have already died in successive attacks since last year, many of them in delimited humanitarian zones that should be protected,” the statement added.
“We, the political leaders of the democratic world, cannot remain silent in the face of this endless massacre.”
Children among four killed after Israel bombs Maghazi
Al Jazeera’s correspondent in the Gaza Strip reports that at least one child is among the dead after the Israeli army attacked the central Gaza refugee camp.
Several other people were wounded in the attack.
Our correspondent says that Israeli aircraft also targeted Abu Madin Mosque in the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza.
Will there be an end to Israel’s killing of civilians in Gaza?
On Saturday, Israeli fighter jets and drones unleashed a barrage of missiles and bombs, obliterating tents in al-Mawasi camp where thousands of displaced Palestinian families had sought shelter.
Palestinians have described the attack, that killed at least 90 Palestinians and injured 300, as a “horrific massacre”.
As the death toll in Gaza rises and the humanitarian crisis deepens, there are serious questions about Israel’s military conduct and the protection of civilians.
