NUSEIRAT: Israeli bombing of a house in the Nuseirat camp killed Four more children as the death toll in the enclave pushed past 38,000. Israeli forces also demolished residential buildings in the al-Mughraqa area, north of the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.
Josep Borrell has responded to reports that “tens of people” were killed by an Israeli army bombing on a “school sheltering families in Khan Younis”, calling for those responsible to be held accountable.
In a post on X, the EU foreign policy chief asked: “For how long are innocent civilians going to bear the brunt of this conflict?”
Borrell also renewed his calls for a ceasefire, the release of captives and the delivery of humanitarian aid.
Palestinian sources said at least 29 people were killed in a strike on a school being used to shelter displaced people in Gaza, the fourth such incident in four days, with Hamas blaming Israel for the deaths, AFP reports.
Israel’s military told AFP it had carried out a strike in the area and was reviewing the incident. It has acknowledged carrying out three other strikes since Saturday on Gaza schools being used as shelters.
The strike hit the entrance to Al-Awda school in Abasan, said a source at Nasser Hospital in the nearby southern city of Khan Yunis, where victims were taken, adding that 29 were killed and dozens wounded.
Gaza’s government media office accused Israel of carrying out a “terrible massacre” and also listed the death toll as 29, saying the “majority” were women and children.
“We were sitting at the entrance of the school […] suddenly and without warning, rockets were fired,” a witness, Mohammed Sukkar, told AFP about Tuesday’s strike. The Israeli military said the air force had used “precise munition” to strike a “terrorist from Hamas’ military wing” near the school.
“The incident is under review,” the military said in a statement.
