Israeli forces have bombed one other United Nations-run faculty in southern Gaza, killing not less than 20 displaced Palestinians sheltering within the constructing, witnesses instructed Al Jazeera, because the dying toll from a number of assaults throughout the besieged territory, together with in Beit Hanoon, Deir el-Balah and the Nuseirat refugee camp rises.
In response to the most recent report from Gaza’s Ministry of Well being, printed early on Monday, not less than 69 individuals had been confirmed useless on account of Israeli assaults within the final 24 hours.
Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum, reporting from Deir el-Balah, stated the assault on Sunday night on the UNRWA-run faculty in Khan Younis got here “with none warning”.
“Civilians had been hit as they had been sleeping, together with girls and kids. They weren’t warned by the Israeli navy earlier than the assault,” our correspondent stated.
The varsity, a three-storey constructing, is situated subsequent to the Nasser Medical Advanced. The third flooring was struck, “forsaking an enormous stage of destruction”, Abu Azzoum stated.
“A few of the our bodies had been shredded to items because of the scale of the assault in query,” he added. “The varsity was estimated to be sheltering lots of of Palestinian households and is situated in a spot busy with civilian exercise.”
Photographs posted on social media confirmed the chaos and frantic seek for survivors following the assault. Those that had been injured and killed had been transported to the Nasser Medical Advanced.
UNRWA amenities in Gaza have been focused incessantly for the reason that Israeli invasion started in October 2023.
“Day in and day trip, the Israeli navy has been targeted on pummelling these UN-run shelters that civilians have been taking refuge in, because of the lack of standing buildings and secure areas,” Abu Azzoum stated.
‘Condemn the crimes of the occupation’
There have been extra assaults in Khan Younis within the final 24 hours. In response to the Palestinian Wafa information company, Israeli plane bombed the village of Bani Suheila, killing 4 individuals and injuring others.
In the meantime, in northern Gaza’s Beit Hanoon, the place Israeli forces stormed and besieged the Khalil Oweida College on Sunday, the dying toll has risen from 15 to 43, in line with the spokesperson of the Authorities Media Workplace in Gaza.
“We condemn the varied complicated crimes dedicated by the occupation military towards our individuals. We name on the international locations of the world to sentence the crimes of the occupation,” Ismail al-Thwabta stated.
“We maintain Israel and the US legally chargeable for the massacres of the occupation,” he added.
“We demand a fast and ultimate finish to the successive crises towards our individuals earlier than it’s too late.”
Within the Nuseirat refugee camp simply north of Deir el-Balah, rescuers are nonetheless digging by way of the rubble after Israeli forces attacked the house belonging to the Abu Hajar household.
A minimum of 5 individuals had been killed within the assault, together with a toddler, in line with Wafa. The camp was additionally focused by Israeli forces on Friday, killing not less than 30 individuals.
A minimum of 4 individuals had been additionally reported killed in a separate assault on a tent sheltering dozens of displaced Palestinians, additionally in Deir el-Balah, on Sunday night time.
On Sunday, Israeli forces additionally bombed the Nuseirat camp, killing Palestinian journalist Ahmed Al-Louh and 5 Palestinian Civil Defence employees. Al-Louh labored as a cameraman for Al Jazeera alongside different media shops. He was the third Gaza-based journalist killed in a span of 24 hours, bringing to 196 the variety of Palestinian journalists killed by Israeli forces since October 7, 2023.
Within the Shujayea neighbourhood of Gaza Metropolis, 10 civilians had been killed in a separate Israeli assault, most of them from the identical household.
An Israeli air assault was additionally reported by our colleagues from Al Jazeera Arabic in Rafah metropolis in southern Gaza, however there was no quick report on the variety of casualties.
