Over 100 individuals have died as a result of an Israeli airstrike on a school in Gaza. These were the deaths who had been recognized so far, according to Fadl Naeem, administrator of al-Ahli Hospital, where a large number of the wounded citizens were sent. Recognition of the remains of other casualties is challenging due to their severe deformity.
It’s been said that Al-Taba’een School was operating as Hamas’s military facility, a claim that Hamas disputes.Western nations and other regional nations have criticized the attack, claiming it demonstrates Israel’s lack of intent to negotiate a truce or put an end to the Gaza conflict.
In recent weeks, Israel has bombed many similar facilities in Gaza. As reported by UN, 477 out of 564 educational institutions in Gaza had been directly struck or destroyed, and more than a dozen more have been targeted recently.
More than a thousand individuals were sheltered at Al-Taba’een School, which had just taken in scores of displaced Palestinians after the Israeli army gave them orders to vacate their houses.
According to witnesses, the Israeli strike occurred during morning prayers. A kid who resides close to the school said that shouting and screaming could be heard after the attack. It is said that people were screaming “save us, save us.”
The sight was horrifying. Body parts had been all over the place, and the everywhere were covered with blood. The representative for Unicef, Salim Oweis, called the attack “really outrageous.” he believes that the facility was full of children, mothers, and civilians.
However, the Israeli army claimed that Hamas military members were in the al-Taba’een school. According to IDF announcement, “at least 19 Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists” were also killed in the attack.
The ambulance service administered by the Hamas-controlled health ministry said that over 60 people had died, while earlier estimates of the death toll were only in the dozens. Over ninety was the figure given by the civil defense department. The attack was referred as an awful criminal activity and an unacceptable escalated situations of Israel.
The death toll disclosed by Hamas leaders, according to an Israeli spokeswoman, “does not correlate with the data held by the IDF, the specific ammunition employed, and the precision of the raid”. The strike was referred to by Hamas as a “horrific crime and a dangerous escalation” in Israeli annihilating machine against the population of Gaza.
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Israel’s goal, according to Fatah is to eradicate Palestinian people through a strategy of accumulated slaughter. Washington declared that it was ” profoundly concerned about reports of deaths of civilians and that it was looking for further information. “We know that Hamas has been using schools as locations to gather and operate out of,” a representative for the US National Security Council stated.
According to the same official, the United States has stated time and time again that Tel Aviv has to take steps to reduce casualties among the non-military groups. The necessity of a truce and hostage agreement is highlighted by the much too high number of civilian deaths and injuries that persist.
The head of UNRWA declared that it is essential for these atrocities to stop happening. The Foreign Ministry of France issued a strong condemnation of the deadly attack. According to the government, educational institutions have become the focus of recurrent attacks recurrently, with an unacceptable level of civilian casualties. The awful death toll “appalled” the British Foreign Secretary, who emphasized the urgency of a quick agreement and end to hostilities.
This attack has once more brought a contentious aspect of the Gaza War to light. Currently, it doesn’t matter which side of the battle has driven out Gazan people. The homeless people took refuge in public places, particularly in schools and hospital campuses. Since the beginning of last month, Israeli military has targeted over twelve public shelters, each time claiming to take precautions to reduce the possibility of hurting ordinary people, but the outcome has been devastating for the civilians who have been wandering around the city for a safe shelter for long months.
