{"id":26607,"date":"2023-11-20T20:11:03","date_gmt":"2023-11-20T20:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/over-24-killed-in-israeli-strike-on-un-run-school-on-gaza-un\/"},"modified":"2023-11-20T20:11:03","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T20:11:03","slug":"over-24-killed-in-israeli-strike-on-un-run-school-on-gaza-un","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/over-24-killed-in-israeli-strike-on-un-run-school-on-gaza-un\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 24 killed in Israeli strike on UN-run school on Gaza: UN"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A strike this weekend on a school run by the United Nations that was being used for shelter by thousands of displaced people in northern Gaza killed at least 24 people, a U.N. official said Sunday,<\/strong><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Israel issued a new warning to residents of Gaza\u2019s largest refugee camp Jabalia and a nearby coastal camp to evacuate, as the military said Sunday it was \u201cexpanding its operational activities in additional neighbourhoods\u2026 of the Gaza Strip.\u201d<\/p>\n

A Palestinian health official said that according to their estimates, more than 80 people were killed in twin strikes on Jabalia on Saturday, including on a UN school sheltering displaced people.<\/p>\n

In his remarks, Lazzarini, the UNRWA chief, said that another school, where some 4,000 displaced people were sheltering at the time, in Gaza City, was \u201cdirectly struck\u201d on Friday, and ambulances \u201ccould not reach the school to provide help.\u201d UNRWA said it believed that scores of people had been either killed or wounded, but did not have exact numbers.<\/p>\n

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, said that hundreds of thousands of Palestinian civilians have sought shelters at U.N. facilities throughout Gaza. \u201cI reaffirm that our premises are inviolable,\u201d he said in a statement on Sunday.<\/p>\n

At least 176 displaced people sheltering at schools run by UNRWA have been reported killed and nearly 800 wounded since the start of Israel\u2019s bombing campaign against Gaza on Oct. 7, according to the UNRWA statement. Classes have been suspended and the schools have been converted into shelters across Gaza.<\/p>\n

The UN agency said that it was still verifying its figures for the numbers of dead and wounded, but that it had confirmed that at least 17 of its facilities have been directly hit.<\/p>\n

The Al-Fakhura school was also hit by a strike on Nov. 4, killing at least 12 people and wounding 54 others, UNRWA said.<\/p>\n

According to UNRWA, almost 900,000 displaced people are sheltering in the agency\u2019s facilities across the Gaza Strip. They include many people who fled northern Gaza following Israeli orders to evacuate the area amid an escalation in ground fighting there.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n