Israel continued to pound Gaza from air, land and sea overnight. At least 68 Palestinians were killed and 110 injured in Israeli attacks on the 23rd day of the Gaza offensive, a spokesman for Gaza’s Ministry of Health said.
In total, 1,283 people in Gaza have been killed and more than 7,100 have been wounded since the conflict between Israel and Hamas began on July 8, the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza said.
The most devastating attack on Wednesday killed at least 16 at the UN school where many Palestinians had taken shelter after having fled away from their homes following Israeli warnings.
‘The shell struck Abu Hussein school in Jabaliya, which was sheltering hundreds of newly-displaced Palestinians,’ Abu Ali, a local, told PTI.
It is the second time this month that a UN school in Gaza has come under attack. On Thursday, 16 people were killed and hundreds wounded when a UN-run school in northern Gaza was struck.
Bob Turner, the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Gaza director, said that the attack on the school in the Jabaliya refugee camp came without warning.
Israel, which has accused the militant group Hamas of using schools as bases to launch rockets, said it was investigating the reports.
The?Israeli military had ‘ruled out’ that it was responsible for the attack, saying a single ‘errant’ shell had landed in an empty courtyard.
The attack came a day after one of the bloodiest days in the fighting between Israel and Hamas in which more than 100 people were killed.
Israel Defence Forces (IDF) on Wednesday aid that it had targeted ‘75 terror sites’ in the Gaza Strip overnight.
The current conflict is now the longest between Israel and militants from Gaza. The longest so far was 22 days in 2008 when Israeli army also entered Gaza ‘to destroy terrorist infrastructure’.
Announcing the four-hour humanitarian pause, IDF Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Benny Gantz said, ‘The lull will not apply to areas where the Israeli army continues to operate in search of tunnels.’
In total, 1,283 people in Gaza have been killed and more than 7,100 have been wounded since the conflict between Israel and Hamas began on July 8, the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza said.
The most devastating attack on Wednesday killed at least 16 at the UN school where many Palestinians had taken shelter after having fled away from their homes following Israeli warnings.
‘The shell struck Abu Hussein school in Jabaliya, which was sheltering hundreds of newly-displaced Palestinians,’ Abu Ali, a local, told PTI.
It is the second time this month that a UN school in Gaza has come under attack. On Thursday, 16 people were killed and hundreds wounded when a UN-run school in northern Gaza was struck.
Bob Turner, the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Gaza director, said that the attack on the school in the Jabaliya refugee camp came without warning.
Israel, which has accused the militant group Hamas of using schools as bases to launch rockets, said it was investigating the reports.
The?Israeli military had ‘ruled out’ that it was responsible for the attack, saying a single ‘errant’ shell had landed in an empty courtyard.
The attack came a day after one of the bloodiest days in the fighting between Israel and Hamas in which more than 100 people were killed.
Israel Defence Forces (IDF) on Wednesday aid that it had targeted ‘75 terror sites’ in the Gaza Strip overnight.
The current conflict is now the longest between Israel and militants from Gaza. The longest so far was 22 days in 2008 when Israeli army also entered Gaza ‘to destroy terrorist infrastructure’.
Announcing the four-hour humanitarian pause, IDF Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Benny Gantz said, ‘The lull will not apply to areas where the Israeli army continues to operate in search of tunnels.’