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Israel targets ANOTHER Gaza school: Tank strike kills 15 Palestinians and injures 90 others in UN classrooms used as refugee shelter
At least 15 people have been killed in a tank shell attack on a United Nations school in Gaza, where hundreds of Palestinians had taken refuge from Israeli bombardment.
Gaza health official Ashraf al-Kidra said another 90 Palestinians were wounded in the shelling early today.
Adnan Abu Hasna, a spokesman for a UN aid agency, said tank shells hit the Abu Hussein school in the Jabaliya refugee camp at about 4.30am.
A large round hole was left in the ceiling of one classroom and in one of the bathrooms. In another classroom, the strike had blown out the front wall.
The main U.N. agency in Gaza, UNRWA, said more than 167,000 displaced Palestinians had taken shelter in its schools and buildings, following calls by Israel for civilians to evacuate whole neighbourhoods ahead of military operations.
The deadly strike came a day after Israel unleashed its heaviest air and artillery assault in the bloodiest day of the three-week Gaza war, destroying key symbols of Hamas control, shutting down the territory's only power plant and leaving at least 128 Palestinians dead.
It also also comes days after eight Palestinian children were killed playing on swings in the Shati refugee camp on the edge of Gaza City when a huge explosion obliterated the site.
Since July 8, more than 1,100 Gazans, most of them civilians, have been killed in the conflict. On the Israeli side, 53 soldiers have been killed as well as three civilians.
Palestinian medics said two adults were also killed in the blast, which witnesses said was an Israeli air strike.
However, Israel denied responsibility, claiming it was a misfire of a rocket launched by Hamas militants.
15 Palestinians killed and 90 injured in Israeli tank shell attack on UN school used as refugee shelter | Mail Online
At least 15 people have been killed in a tank shell attack on a United Nations school in Gaza, where hundreds of Palestinians had taken refuge from Israeli bombardment.
Gaza health official Ashraf al-Kidra said another 90 Palestinians were wounded in the shelling early today.
Adnan Abu Hasna, a spokesman for a UN aid agency, said tank shells hit the Abu Hussein school in the Jabaliya refugee camp at about 4.30am.
A large round hole was left in the ceiling of one classroom and in one of the bathrooms. In another classroom, the strike had blown out the front wall.
The main U.N. agency in Gaza, UNRWA, said more than 167,000 displaced Palestinians had taken shelter in its schools and buildings, following calls by Israel for civilians to evacuate whole neighbourhoods ahead of military operations.
The deadly strike came a day after Israel unleashed its heaviest air and artillery assault in the bloodiest day of the three-week Gaza war, destroying key symbols of Hamas control, shutting down the territory's only power plant and leaving at least 128 Palestinians dead.
It also also comes days after eight Palestinian children were killed playing on swings in the Shati refugee camp on the edge of Gaza City when a huge explosion obliterated the site.
Since July 8, more than 1,100 Gazans, most of them civilians, have been killed in the conflict. On the Israeli side, 53 soldiers have been killed as well as three civilians.
Palestinian medics said two adults were also killed in the blast, which witnesses said was an Israeli air strike.
However, Israel denied responsibility, claiming it was a misfire of a rocket launched by Hamas militants.
15 Palestinians killed and 90 injured in Israeli tank shell attack on UN school used as refugee shelter | Mail Online
