'Israel' commits new massacre; bombs UN school sheltering families
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The Gaza Media Office says that this marks the 47th massacre carried out by the Israeli occupation in the al-Nuseirat camp since launching the genocidal war on the Strip.
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Palestinians pulling from under the rubble the body of a martyr killed in the Israeli massacre targeting the al-Jaouni School in the al-Nuseirat refugee camp in Gaza, on Wednesday, September 11, 2024 (Social media)
The Israeli occupation carried out yet another massacre in Gaza on Wednesday, targeting a UN school in the al-Nuseirat refugee camp in the central part of the Strip, killing at least 14 people and injuring several others, among them UN employees.
According to the Gaza Media Office, the massacre at al-Jaouni School marks the 47th carried out by the occupation in the al-Nuseirat camp, which is currently home to over a quarter of a million residents and forcibly displaced individuals.
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"9 martyrs and a large number of wounded by the Israeli aircraft bombing the school of ""Jaouni" Sheltering displaced people in the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip. pic.twitter.com/hLPTkcACsa
— Palestine Daily News ✌️🇵🇸✌️ (@Palestinedaily1) September 11, 2024
Employees of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) were also wounded, the media office added.
Al-Jaouni School, which shelters over 5,000 forcibly displaced people, is one of more than 17 schools and displacement centers in the al-Nuseirat camp that have been bombed by "Israel" since the start of its war on Gaza last October.
Palestinian sources reported that the school was struck by a missile that penetrated the upper floors and exploded on the ground floor, specifically in the storage room where UNRWA employees were operating.
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In Gaza City, the Civil Defense Authority reported that its teams recovered the bodies of three martyrs and rescued seven others who were wounded following an Israeli airstrike that targeted the area surrounding Al-Sharq Bakery in the Al-Nasr neighborhood, located in the western part of the city.
Earlier today, the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza announced that, on the 341st day of the ongoing Israeli genocidal war on the Strip, the number of martyrs has risen to 41,084, with 95,029 others wounded.
In the past 24 hours, the Israeli occupation has committed four massacres against families in Gaza, resulting in 64 martyrs and 104 injuries the ministry said.
Meanwhile, other casualties remain under the rubble and on the streets, with the occupation army preventing the search and rescue missions of the ambulance and civil defense teams, it concluded.
