Israel bombed a school in Gaza killing six UNRWA workers

The toll from the Israeli raid on the Nuseirat refugee camp is at least 18 dead.At least 220 UNRWA workers have been killed since 7 October.

• The raid hit the al-Jaouni school, where at least 12 thousand Palestinian refugees were sheltering.
• Israel justified the attack with the presence of Hamas members, without providing evidence.
• UNRWA president Philippe Lazzarini condemned the attack and called for an immediate ceasefire.

On September 11, Israel bombed a school in the Nuseirat refugee camp, in the Gaza Strip.The budget is at least 18 dead and how does he knowUnrwa, the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees, there are also among the victims six of its operators.

Since October 7, Israeli attacks have killed at least one 220 UNRWA employees, but the six deaths in the past few hours mark the single heaviest massacre since the start of the offensive.

Bombs on the school

Israeli bombs fell on the al-Jaouni school, in the refugee camp located in the center of the Gaza Strip of Nuseirat.The school offered shelter to approx 12 thousand people, mostly women and children and food distribution was underway at the time of the raid.

Israel had already hit the school four times in recent months, justifying the attacks with the presence (never demonstrated) of members of Hamas inside the structure.September 11th was the fifth bombing on school, the most tragic.The explosions killed at least 18 people.“The scale of the destruction is unprecedented, piles of rubble and dirt are covering the entire area,” he said a witness to Al Jazeera.A woman said she lost all six of her children in the Israeli attack.And the massacre also decimated the teamUN who worked there.

The massacre of UNRWA workers

UNRWA announced that six of its operators were killed in the Israeli attack, including the director responsible for managing the reception of refugees in the school.Israel claimed responsibility for the attack, stressing that the building was used by Hamas as a base of operations, but without offering evidence in this regard.

The president of UNRWA, Philippe Lazzarini, he underlined that Israel has killed since October 7th at least 220 operators of the UN agency and asked for a cease fire immediately.A strong position also came from the UN Secretary General, António Guterres.The Palestinians killed since the start of the Israeli military offensive are over 41 thousand.