Twenty-one Israeli strikes on schools-turned-shelters since July 4: UN Committee
The UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People says the Israeli strike on the al-Tabin School was Israel’s 21st attack on a school serving as a shelter in Gaza since July 4.
These strikes, it said, have resulted in at least 274 fatalities, including women and children.
“Half of the school buildings that have been directly hit since October 2023 were sheltering displaced people,” the Committee said, citing the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).
The recent attack on a school sheltering hundreds of displaced families in #Gaza has caused mass casualties and utter devastation.
Half of the school buildings that have been directly hit since October 2023 were sheltering displaced people.
Watch the aftermath 📹⬇️
— UN Humanitarian (@UNOCHA) August 12, 2024
Aftermath of Israeli air strike on Gaza’s al-Tabin school
The devastation was everywhere after an Israeli attack killed dozens of Palestinians sheltering in a school in Gaza City. Some of the survivors told Al Jazeera about the horrors of looking for their family in the carnage.
A bit of aid reaches Gaza City but it’s not enough, UNRWA says
UNRWA’s senior communications officer Louise Wateridge says that “basic needs” in northern Gaza have not improved in the last six months.
In a video post on X, Wateridge says that a convoy carrying medical supplies, hygiene kits and food managed to reach Gaza City, which has been under relentless Israeli bombardment.
“Emotional response from these exhausted families, relieved to see aid supplies reach them,” Wateridge writes. “But it’s not enough,” she added.
Israeli forces have continued to shut vital crossings into Gaza, banning much-needed fuel, medicine, and food from entering the ravaged enclave.
Our joint @UN convoy arriving in Gaza City this morning with medical supplies, hygiene kits, food & more.
Emotional response from these exhausted families, relieved to see aid supplies reach them. But it’s not enough - basic needs in north #Gaza have not improved in 6 months. pic.twitter.com/K0aE8wrGKg
— Louise Wateridge (@UNWateridge) July 12, 2024
