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Israel bombards Gaza City, kills at least 12

Israel’s military carried out a series of bombings across Gaza City on Wednesday evening, killing at least 12 and wounding many more, according to the Wafa news agency.

Here’s the breakdown:

  • Four people, including a child and a woman, were killed when Israeli forces bombed an apartment belonging to the Balbisi family in the city’s Tuffah neighbourhood.
  • Five people, including two children, were killed in an Israeli air attack on a house belonging to the Dahdouh family in the city’s Zeitoun neighbourhood.
  • Three people were killed when Israeli fighter jets bombed a group of Palestinians opposite the al-Sharq Bakery in the city’s Nassr neighbourhood.


‘Great level of destruction’ at al-Jaouni school after Israeli bombing

I’m now in al-Jauoni school in the Nuseirat refugee camp at the impact site of the strike. Now, we can clearly see the great level of destruction that was inflicted on this UN-run shelter that is housing thousands of Palestinian families. We can see huge holes in the wall and we can see people are looking for anything they can salvage after the destruction of this UN-run shelter.

The scale of destruction is unprecedented and the smell of blood is everywhere. Piles of rubble and dirt are covering this entire area. The attack was carried out by an Israeli fighter jet, and we can see here fragments of the missile that was used to attack this evacuation centre.

Witnesses have confirmed that this evacuation centre was hit at a time when people were waiting for food.

The Israeli army has been hitting evacuation centres in the past couple of months in a very intensive rhythm. This strike has been carried out in an area that must be protected under international law. People had been seeking safety here, but the Israeli military has shattered that safety and it cannot be easily restored.


People search through the debris after the attack on the school where the UN says 12,000 displaced Palestinians are living in former classrooms and tents

Woman loses six children in Israeli attack on al-Jaouni school

A Palestinian woman who was sheltering at the UN-run school said the Israeli attack killed all of her six children.

“Are these children terrorists? May God punish them. The Israelis destroyed our home; killed and starved our people; women are widowed and children orphaned,” she told Al Jazeera in a video testimony.

“Six children, including a baby twin. What crime, what wrong did those innocent children do?”


A man carries a body wrapped in a bloodstained sheet after an attack on an UNRWA school in the Nuseirat refugee camp in Deir el-Balah