Israeli attack on UNRWA clinic kills 19 people
Israeli army: Jabalia strike targeted Hamas ‘command centre’
The Israeli army confirmed its attack on the UNRWA clinic in Jabalia saying it targeted a “command-and-control centre” for Hamas. The Israeli army has routinely claimed its targets in Gaza are Hamas centres without providing proof.
At least 19 people have been killed at the medical facility – including nine children – which was housing displaced families as a result of intense Israeli bombardment that levelled houses throughout the enclave.
‘Beyond imagination’: Survivors describe attack on UN medical facility
Witnesses of the Israeli attack on an UNRWA medical facility in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza describe the grim scene of its aftermath. At least 19 people were killed, including nine children.
“We were sitting outside and suddenly the Israelis targeted a clinic. My grandfather, my father and my brother hurried up to see what was going on,” a young man told Al Jazeera.
“After that we received a phone call and learned my uncle and his family were killed. We came from the mountain to this area that was described as safe. One baby girl, born a few weeks ago, was killed also. Her neck was severed.”
Another witness described the horror.
“I was sitting with my family and suddenly a missile targeted us. The dust was all over the place. The martyrs were burned. We found human flesh. We found human bones,” the witness said.
“Innocent women and children were killed. Separated heads and different body parts were everywhere. It is something beyond logic and beyond imagination.”
The Israeli attack on a UNRWA medical facility in the Jabalia refugee camp has killed at least 22 people, including women and children, the Gaza Government Media Office says.
“We condemn in the strongest terms the continuation of the Israeli occupation’s genocide against civilians and displaced people, and we condemn this barbaric attack that targeted deliberately medical facilities and humanitarian areas,” the office said.
It added that Israel has targeted 228 shelters for civilians since the start of the war in “blatant violation of all international norms that protect civilians in conflict”.
Gaza death toll reaches 50,423 as Israeli attacks continue
Since the war began on October 7, 2023, at least 50,423 Palestinians have been killed and 114,638 injured in Gaza, the enclave’s Health Ministry reports. Over the past 24 hours, the bodies of 24 people arrived at hospitals across Gaza. Fifty-five wounded also were treated.
