At least 9 killed in new Israeli attack on UN-run school sheltering displaced Gazans

By Mohammed Majed

GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least nine people were killed and several others injured in Israeli bombing of a UN-run school housing displaced civilians in the central Gaza Strip on Wednesday, the Civil Defense service said.

Children and women were among the victims in the attack that targeted al-Jaouni School in the Nuseirat refugee camp, it added in a statement.

Israel has systematically targeted civilian facilities, including schools, hospitals, and places of worship, amid its ongoing offensive on the Gaza Strip.

Under the rules of war, targeting such civilian facilities can constitute a war crime.

Last month, at least 100 people were killed and dozens injured in an Israeli strike on the Al-Taba’een School in Gaza City, where over 6,000 displaced people have sheltered.

Israel has continued a brutal offensive on the Gaza Strip since an Oct. 7 Hamas attack despite a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire.

Nearly 41,100 people, mostly women and children, have since been killed and over 95,000 others injured, according to local health authorities.

The Israeli onslaught has displaced almost the territory’s entire population amid an ongoing blockade that has led to severe shortages of food, clean water and medicine.

Israel faces accusations of genocide for its actions in Gaza at the International Court of Justice.

*Writing by Rania Abu Shamala