Eight Killed, Including Two Children and Two Women, in Israeli Attack on School in Northern Gaza

Eight Killed, Including Two Children and Two Women, in Israeli Attack on School in Northern Gaza

News January 12, 2025
Eight Killed, Including Two Children and Two Women, in Israeli Attack on School in Northern Gaza
Gaza (Quds News Network)- Eight Palestinians were killed, including two children and two women, in an Israeli airstrike targeting a school sheltering hundreds of displaced families in Jabalia in northern Gaza on Saturday. Local sources reported that the Israeli bombardment of the Zainab al-Wazir school also resulted in the injuring of at least 30 people. The Israeli army confirmed it targeted the school, but claimed as it often does that it was a Hamas “command and control centre” without providing any evidence. In a statement on Telegram, the army alleged that the school was used by Hamas to “plan and execute attacks” against soldiers. This is not the first time the school has been targeted by Israeli forces; it has been hit several times in the past few weeks. Since launching its war on Gaza, Israel’s military has repeatedly attacked schools housing Palestinians who had sought shelter in the buildings after being forcibly displaced from their homes. UN and aid agencies say that between October 6 and December 15 of last year, there have been at least 95 incidents involving attacks on school buildings in Gaza. The Israeli targeting of shelters has included shelling, direct shootings, killing forcibly displaced people and their families, or making them leave schools-turned-shelters under fire and/or with orders to evacuate. These schools are then burned or otherwise destroyed by Israeli forces in order to render them uninhabitable and stop displaced people from returning to them. Mahmoud Basel, a member of Gaza’s Civil Defence, slammed what he called the world’s silence as Israel continues to attack schools-turned-shelters in the enclave. “Attacking and targeting the schools are ongoing crimes committed by the Israeli forces. The entire world is watching silently as our shelters and schools, which host displaced people, are being targeted,” he said.

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