Israeli attack on a school: Seventeen Palestinians dead and 42 injured

At least 17 Palestinians were killed today by an Israeli strike on a school that has been turned into a shelter for displaced persons in Nuseirat, in the central Gaza Strip, the enclave’s Civil Protection announced. “The Israeli occupation targeted the Martyrs’ school of Nuseirat and the first count is 17 dead. There are dozens of wounded and some are in critical condition,” Mahmoud Basal, a spokesman for the Hamas-controlled agency, told AFP. Nine children dead Al Audah Hospital confirmed the death toll of 17, adding that it received 42 wounded, most of them children and the elderly. He added that it was an airstrike. According to the Hamas government press office, 9 children are among the dead. The shelling hit the school grounds where “thousands of displaced people” live, mostly women and children, he added. “I was sitting in class when debris and glass fell. I held my daughter in my arms and saw nothing of him […]
Source: News Beast

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