At least 35 killed in Israeli attack on UNRWA school in Nuseirat

At least 35 people have been killed and dozens injured in an Israeli attack a school of the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) in the Nuseirat refugee camp (central Gaza Strip), as confirmed by the Hamas-controlled Gaza government.

The Israeli military confirmed the attack and indicated that the school had a complex belonging to the Islamic group and that “terrorists” who took part in the October 7 attack and were eliminated were hiding there. Jihad was operating in the compound and belonged to the Nukhba forces, Hamas’ elite unit.

However, the Gaza government has assured that many of the victims were civilians who took refuge in the school and has described the attack as a “horrendous massacre” and a “crime that shames humanity.” Israel, on the other hand, has assured that “measures have been taken to reduce the risk of harm to uninvolved civilians.”

The attack also injured dozens of people, according to the Gaza government, who were taken to the Martyrs of Al Aqsa Hospital in Deir al Balah, the only hospital available to care for more than a million people in the center of the Gaza Strip .

Israel yesterday intensified its ground and air operations in the center of the Strip, taking “operational control” of the Bureij refugee camp and eastern Deir al Balah with attacks that killed at least 75 people.

According to Gaza’s Health Ministry, more than 36,580 people have been killed and 83,000 injured after eight months of war, with about 10,000 of them buried under the rubble.