Israeli air raid on Gaza Metropolis school-turned-shelter kills 10 individuals

The strike happened at a UN-run college in Gaza Metropolis’s Shati refugee camp.

An Israeli strike on a college the place displaced Palestinians had been sheltering in Gaza Metropolis’s Shati refugee camp has killed 10 individuals and wounded a minimum of 20 others, Palestinian medics stated.

Rescue operations had been underneath method on the UN-run Abu Assi college in northern Gaza on Saturday, well being officers stated.

Reporting from Deir el-Balah, Al Jazeera’s Hind Khoudary stated that in keeping with locals and witnesses, the general public sheltering within the college had been displaced from different elements of Gaza.

“Let me remind you there is just one hospital functioning within the metropolis … and we all know the well being scenario in hospitals in Gaza has been horrible … so it’s tough to assist the injured,” she stated.

Palestinian well being officers stated a minimum of 30 individuals had been killed by Israeli navy strikes throughout the enclave on Saturday.

The northern Gaza Strip, particularly, has been underneath siege for greater than 40 days.

“Israeli troopers have surrounded and imposed a strict blockade on Palestinians in Beit Lahiya, Jabalia and Beit Hanoon, the place Palestinians are unable to evacuate their besieged houses,” Khoudary stated.

“We have now acquired many appeals from individuals in Beit Lahiya who say they’re caught and want rescuing. They haven’t any meals, water or medical help,” she famous.

“Aside from air strikes and persevering with artillery shelling, the navy has extensively deployed quadcopters that Israeli forces use to fireside dwell ammunition at Palestinians and kill them in several areas throughout the Gaza Strip,” Khoudary added.

Afterward Saturday, the Israeli navy reported that two rockets fired at Israel from the northern Gaza Strip had been intercepted.

The launches present the power of Palestinian fighters to fireside rockets into Israel regardless of greater than 13 months of an aerial and floor offensive that turned huge land within the enclave into wasteland and displaced many of the 2.3 million inhabitants.

Israel’s genocide in Gaza has killed a minimum of 43,799 Palestinians and wounded 103,601 since October 7, 2023. An estimated 1,139 individuals had been killed in Israel throughout the Hamas-led assaults that day, and greater than 200 had been taken captive.

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