Airstrike
Israel struck the primary school on 17 October 2024, killing at least 28 and wounding more than 160, claiming that the strike targeted an "operational meeting point" for Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants, without providing substantial evidence. Israel named 18 men who it accused of conducting rocket attacks and attacking IDF soldiers. [4] The Israeli military claimed to have worked to mitigate civilian harm in the airstrike, including by using aerial surveillance and a precise munition.
Hamas strongly denied the claim that it had used the UNRWA school for fighting purposes, and called it "nothing but lies" and a "systematic policy of the enemy to justify its crime." [1] [5] The director of Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahia reported that the hospital was small and could not receive all of the Palestinians injured by the strike, adding that most of those presented were women and children. [5] He also stated that there was no water to extinguish the fire, and that the attack constitutes a massacre. [6] Several tents caught fire, causing smoke to rise. [1] A health ministry official stated, "Civilians and children are being killed, burned under fire". [7] At least 5 children were killed in the strike. [8]
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