Ten More Killed As Israel Hits Another UN School In Gaza
This is the third such attack on a U.N. School in Gaza in last 10 days.
By Sadho Ram — 03 Aug 2014, 07:09 PM — Updated over 10 years ago
Another UN-run school in Gaza has reportedly been struck by an Israeli air strike on Sunday, killing at least 10 people who had been sheltering there from the fighting
An Israeli artillery fires a 155mm shell towards targets in the Gaza Strip from their position near Israel's border with the Palestinian enclave on August 2, 2014.
Image via ndtv.comTen people were killed and dozens injured in a strike at a United Nations school being used to shelter displaced people in the southern border town of Rafah, the Gaza Health Ministry said on Sunday.
wsj.comA spokesman for the Gaza Health Ministry said the injured had been transferred to local hospitals but it was "beyond their capabilities to treat them." The official blamed the attack on Israel.
A Palestinian man carries an injured child following an Israeli military strike on a U.N. school in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip on Aug. 3, 2014
Image via ticotimes.netThe strike on the school sheltering displaced Palestinians in the southern city of Rafah came as Israel pounded the region following the suspected capture of a soldier by militants, who was later declared dead.
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A spokeswoman from the Israel military had no comment and said officials were looking into what happened
Meanwhile, Israeli military spokesman insisted Israel never intentionally targeted any UN facility and said the fire was Israeli response to rocket fires and mortars by Palestinians militants.
Rafah has been the scene of an Israeli offensive that began 1 August after Israel said a soldier was captured by Hamas at the start of a 72-hour cease-fire. Israel later said the soldier was dead.
The alleged strike would be the third to hit a U.N. school sheltering displaced people in Gaza. The last attack occurred on July 30 in the town of Jabalia, where 15 people were killed, according to the Health Ministry. The U.N. has blamed Israel for the attack.
wsj.comHani Gunaim, a teacher who reached the school shortly after hearing the explosion, said the target appeared to be two men riding a motorbike in front of the school
Palestinians evacuate a survivor after an Israeli air strike hit the Al Ghoul family building in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Sunday, Aug. 3, 2014
Image via dailystar.com.lbThe men were killed along with seven or eight people in a classroom, he said. "I saw only pieces of bodies when I got inside, there were no entire bodies left," he said.
Mr. Gunaim said Israelis had been hitting Rafah since about 10 a.m. this morning, forcing most residents indoors. "They are bombing everywhere now," he said. "In the west, the middle, everywhere in Rafah."
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