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Eugene

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Thu Jun 6, 2024, 05:07 AM Jun 2024

Israeli strike on UN shelter in Gaza kills at least 27 [View all]

Source: BBC

Israeli strike on UN shelter in Gaza kills at least 27

6 June 2024

Rushdi Abu Alouf,
George Wright

An Israeli air strike on a UN school packed with hundreds of displaced people in central Gaza has killed at least 27 people, local officials say.

Local journalists told the BBC that an Israeli warplane fired two missiles at classrooms on the top floor of the school in the Nuseirat refugee camp.

Israel’s military said it “conducted a precise strike on a Hamas compound embedded inside” the school.

The Hamas media office has accused Israel of committing a "horrific massacre".

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crggq0jygq6o

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