Israeli warplanes massacre civilians in Gaza school
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Israeli warplanes struck dozens of displaced Palestinians taking refuge in a school in the northern Gaza Strip.
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People and rescuers check the damage following an Israeli strike on a school sheltering displaced Palestinians in al-Falouja school near the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip on September 26, 2024. (AFP)
The Palestinian Civil Defense Authority in the Gaza Strip announced that 14 were martyred and 26 others were injured in an Israeli aggression at a school hosting displaced people in the northern part of the besieged territory.
According to the Civil Defense, Israeli occupation forces attacked the al-Faloujah school in the town of Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, which hosts a camp set up for Palestinians forcibly displaced from their homes by the Israeli regime.
On the other hand, the Israeli military command announced that its Air Force raided the school on Thursday, admitting to yet another blatantly committed war crime.
Meanwhile, the Islamic Resistance Movement - Hamas pointed to a recent increase in the number of massacres committed by Israeli occupation forces in the past few days, saying that a lot of the strikes targeted centers hosting displaced Palestinians.
In Pictures: Including children, at least 10 Palestinians have been killed and dozens injured in an Israeli airstrike which targeted the school-turned-shelter of Al-Faluja in Jabalia, northern Gaza Strip, this afternoon. pic.twitter.com/vhC2cuk0LA
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) September 26, 2024
"The latest of which was a strike conducted by the terrorist Israeli occupation's warplanes on the school of al-Faloujah, which is overcrowded with displaced people in the Jabalia refugee camp," Hamas explained.
The Palestinian Resistance faction said that the strike reaffirms "Israel's" deliberate targeting of unarmed civilians and the regime's genocidal war against the Palestinian people.
"We urge the international community and the United Nations and its institutions to work on stopping Zionist terrorism. and the blatant violation of international humanitarian law committed by the occupation's military against unarmed civilians," the movement added.
It pointed to the fact that the Israeli regime is targeting civilians in the Gaza Strip, occupied West Bank, and Lebanon, stressing that the necessary measures should be taken in order to hold the Israeli regime accountable for its crimes against humanity.
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625,000 children are experiencing severe trauma in Gaza
Earlier, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) announced that more than 625,000 school-aged children in Gaza are experiencing severe trauma due to the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip.
Philippe Lazzarini, UNRWA’s head, shared on the X platform on Wednesday that Palestinian children in both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank have faced immense losses since the onset of Israeli aggression in Gaza nearly a year ago.
"While nearly 625,000 deeply traumatized girls and boys are out of school and living in the rubble in Gaza, many children in the West Bank suffer from escalating violence that disrupts their lives and education," Lazzarini stated.
UNRWA expressed alarm over a concerning increase in malnutrition, disease, and mortality rates nearly a year into the ongoing aggression.
The agency noted that even before the outbreak of war on Gaza, many families struggled to ensure proper nutrition for their young children as they prepared for their first year of school.
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