Israel strikes four separate schools in Gaza in nine days

Gaza Strip (QNN)- Israeli occupation struck at least four separate schools-turned-shelters in Gaza in just nine days as the Israeli genocide war on the coastal enclave enters its 10th month.

July 14, 2024
📍Nuseirat refugee camp

The UN-run Abu Oreiban school was struck by Israel, killing at least 22 people and injuring about 80. Most of the victims were women and children, said Palestinian Civil Defence.

A Palestinian woman reacts after Israel’s military bombed the Abu Oreiban school

July 9, 2024
📍 Khan Younis

A deadly Israeli strike hit tents near the entrance to al-Awda school, killing at least 29 people, most of whom are children and women, and injuring 53 others, including serious and critical ones.

Palestinian girls walk past the al-Awda school hit by an Israeli strike

July 7, 2024
📍Gaza City

The church-run Holy Family school was attacked with an Israeli airstrike, killing four people. The Latin Patriarchate, owners of the school, said hundreds of people had packed the grounds at the time.

Palestinians inspect the destruction left behind the Israeli airstrikes which targeted the Holy Family School

July 6, 2024
📍Nuseirat refugee camp

A brutal Israeli airstrike hit the UN-run Al-Jaouni School, killing at least 16. UNRWA said 2,000 people were sheltering there at the time.

Palestinians inspect the destruction inflicted upon the Al-Jaouni School

No Safe Place

“Since the war began, two-thirds of UNRWA schools in Gaza have been hit, some were bombed out, many severely damaged,” said Philippe Lazzarini, head of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA).

“Schools have gone from safe places of education and hope for children to overcrowded shelters and often ending up a place of death & misery,” he posted on X.

“The blatant disregard of international humanitarian law cannot become the new normal,” Lazzarini said, calling for an immediate ceasefire.

Since the start of the war on October 7, Israeli occupation has hammered more than 400 schools in Gaza, destroying 88 percent of all educational facilities despite the fact that displaced Palestinians have turned schools for shelters.

Israel’s repeated attacks on civilian infrastructure, including schools, appear to be violations of international law, according to a June report by the UN Human Rights Council (OHCHR).

“Civilian lives and infrastructure are protected under international humanitarian law,” said OCHCR chief Volker Turk. “This law lays out the very clear obligations of parties to armed conflicts that make protection of civilians a priority.”

“Israel’s choices of methods and means of conducting hostilities in Gaza since October 7, including through the extensive use of explosive weapons with wide area effects in densely populated areas, have failed to ensure that they effectively distinguish between civilians and fighters.”

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