Ireland, Iraq, Arab League condemn school attack
Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris condemned the bombing, saying it was a “further demonstration of brutal, unconscionable violence”. He added that targeting an area populated with displaced families is “inhumane and despicable”.
The Iraqi Foreign Ministry also denounced the attack and called for global action, saying that “this massacre is a continuation of the hostile acts and crimes committed by the Zionist entity against defenceless civilians”.
The Arab League, meanwhile, criticised the international community’s silence on the Israeli military’s “heinous massacre” and called on the UN Security Council to pressure Israel to end the “genocide”.
Palestinians inspect a destroyed school building following an Israeli attack in Deir el-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, July 27
Islamic Relief ‘appalled’ as school ‘massacre’ displaces families again
The humanitarian group released a statement expressing concern at the deteriorating situation in Gaza after “yet another deadly massacre at a school” where Palestinians were sheltering.
“Israel’s policy of constantly forcing civilians to move from one place to another, and then attacking the schools and camps where they are told to go, is making the humanitarian crisis even more catastrophic by the day,” Islamic Relief said in the statement.
The statement highlighted that hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have again been displaced by Israeli orders in recent weeks, with “some families now displaced nine or 10 times since the crisis escalated” and called on international governments to demand an immediate ceasefire and “an end to the constant forced displacement”.
An injured Palestinian woman is carried to an ambulance following an Israeli strike on the Khadija school housing displaced people in Deir el-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip on Saturday
Another Israeli soldier dies of wounds from Gaza war
The Israeli military says a 21-year-old soldier has died about one week after he was seriously wounded in fighting in southern Gaza. According to The Times of Israel, 331 Israeli soldiers have been killed in fighting in the Gaza Strip and along Israel’s borders, since October.
More than 300 Israeli soldiers have been killed in Gaza since the start of the ground operation inside the Strip
Wounded patients dying at Al-Aqsa Hospital due to lack of medication
Doctors are watching the wounded people die on the floor of the emergency department at Al-Aqsa Hospital of Deir el-Balah.
There is a lack of medicine and medical supplies, leaving the doctors with no capacity to intervene and save lives.
This is the result of yesterday’s attacks on the school in western Deir-el Balah. A field hospital was set up inside the school, in coordination with the ICRC [Red Cross], used before transferring patients and injuries from Al-Aqsa Hospital. It worked as a supporting facility to reduce the pressure on the hospital. It came under attack yesterday.
About 120 critically injured people arrived at Al-Aqsa Hospital from there. At least 36 people were pronounced dead; this number is confirmed by the Health Ministry and management of the hospital. At least 15 children are among those killed.
Some arrived in pieces in plastic bags, they arrived shredded because of the intensity of the bombs and shrapnel.
Gaza death toll rises
At least 39,324 Palestinians have been killed and 90,830 others injured in Israel’s war on Gaza since October 7, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
At least 66 Palestinians were killed in the past day alone, the statement added.
