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The war that started last year between Israel and Gaza is not stopping. Israel carried out an airstrike in Gaza on Wednesday, killing 34 people including 19 women and two children. A UN school was targeted in the airstrike, currently displaced people are living in the school. 18 people have been injured in the attack.
What did the Israeli army say?
After the continuous attacks, the atmosphere of fear and panic is increasing among the people of Gaza. The schools which are considered safe are being attacked. This is not the first time that the UN school in Gaza where displaced people lived has been targeted. After the attack, the Israeli army said that it was targeting Hamas terrorists who were planning an attack from inside a school located in the Nuseirat refugee camp and Israel carried out this attack to kill the Hamas terrorists.
34 people have died
Reportedly 34 people have died in the attack on the school in Gaza, including 19 women and 2 children. Also, at least 18 people have been injured in this attack. Apart from this, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres informed that six employees of the Palestinian Refugee Agency (UNRWA) were killed in the attack.
School attacked
The war between Israel and Hamas since last year has forced thousands of Palestinians to flee their homes due to Israeli attacks and evacuation orders and all these displaced people are currently living in schools in Gaza. Since the beginning of the war, Israel has attacked schools in Gaza several times, it says that Hamas terrorists are hiding in the school, that is why it has attacked the school.
Over 90% of school buildings were damaged
UNICEF, the Education Cluster, conducted a survey in July, according to which more than 90% of school buildings in Gaza have been severely or partially damaged by persistent attacks, and half of the schools where displaced people live have been attacked.
More than 40 thousand people were killed
Gaza's Health Ministry said that 41,084 Palestinians have been killed in the war between Israel and Hamas since last year, including a large number of children and women. Also, 95,029 people have been seriously injured in this war so far. However, in this war, 1,200 people have been killed in the operation launched by Hamas against Israel on October 7.