Israel’s military bombed a school housing displaced Palestinians in central Gaza, killing at least 18 people, including six staff members of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA).
The strike on Wednesday that flattened part of the UN-run facility in the Nuseirat refugee camp was condemned by several countries and UN agencies.
Some 12,000 displaced Palestinians, most of them women and children, were sheltering at al-Jaouni, according to UNRWA, when Israeli forces carried out two air attacks on the building.
“Endless and senseless killing, day after day,” UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said. “Humanitarian staff, premises and operations have been blatantly and unabatedly disregarded since the beginning of the war.”
The death of six staff members takes the number of UNRWA employees killed in Gaza to at least 220.
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