Israeli military fire hit a United Nations-run school in Gaza today, killing at least 20 people
and injuring an estimated 90 people. The school under attack, called
the Abu Hussein girls’ elementary school, is located in the
densely-populated Jabaliya refugee camp.
The United Nations Relief Works and Agency (UNRWA), the group that serves Palestinian refugees, issued a stern statement placing the blame for the attack on the Israeli army.
“Last night, children were killed as
they slept next to their parents on the floor of a classroom in a UN
designated shelter in Gaza. Children killed in their sleep; this is an
affront to all of us, a source of universal shame. Today the world
stands disgraced,” said UNRWA Secretary General Pierre Krähenbühl.
“We have visited the site and gathered evidence. We have analysed
fragments, examined craters and other damage. Our initial assessment is
that it was Israeli artillery that hit our school, in which 3,300 people
had sought refuge.”