Dozens killed as Israel attacks Gaza school

NT Bureau, Agencies

Gaza: Israeli air raids have killed dozens people at the al-Fakhoora School, run by the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), in Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, according to Al Jazeera.

At least 100 people were killed in the bombing, the Palestinian Ministry of Health said on Saturday. According to another media report, Israel bombed the refugee schools overnight, killing over 200 Palestinians while they were sleeping.

Many hundreds of people are believed to have taken shelter there, fleeing the non-stop Israeli attacks.

“Dead bodies are everywhere and medial teams are trying to evacuate the wounded,” said Al Jazeera correspondent Tareq Abou Azzoum, reporting from Gaza.

He said with the continuing fighting amid Israel’s ground offensive into northern Gaza, many Palestinians have been forced to flee to UNrun schools in the vicinity of the Indonesian Hospital for protection.

“People taking shelter at al-Fakhoora School in Jabalia refugee camp, many with medical issues, thought they could find shelter from the violence there. But the Israeli army seems to be sending a message: Flee to the south of the Gaza Strip,” he said according to Al Jazeera. ‘

Nowhere is safe in Gaza’ Tamara Alrifai, a spokesperson for UNRWA, told Al Jazeera she has seen the “devastating” footage coming out of Jabalia in the aftermath of the bombing, but has not been able to directly contact her colleagues on the ground.