Deadly strike ‘on UN school in Rafah’

A boy wounded in a separate attack in Rafah on Sunday has been at a hospital taken for treatment.
A boy wounded in a separate attack in Rafah on Sunday has been at a hospital taken for treatment.
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BBC Online :
At least 10 people have been killed in a strike on a UN-run school housing Palestinians displaced by the Gaza conflict, medics say.
Thousands of Palestinians were believed to be sheltering in the facility in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.
The Israeli military has not commented but has been carrying out renewed strikes in Gaza.
Gaza health officials say 30 people have died on Sunday, while militants continue to fire rockets into Israel.
The latest exchanges came after Israel’s military said that an officer it feared had been captured had now been confirmed dead. Hadar Goldin went missing on Friday near Rafah.
Confirmation of 2nd Lt Goldin’s death means 66 Israelis have now died in the fighting, all but two of them soldiers. A Thai worker in Israel also died.
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The latest official figures from Gaza’s health ministry say that 1,740 Palestinians have been killed and 9,080 injured since the conflict began more than three weeks ago.
The UN warned that a “health disaster of widespread proportions” is unfolding in Gaza, with medical services facing collapse. The Israeli shelling of the Jabaliya UN shelter last week, which killed 16 people, drew widespread international condemnation.
In the latest attack, eyewitnesses said a missile struck near the entrance to the school as people queued for food.
Israelis grieve for Hadar Goldin, who went missing after clashes in southern Gaza At least 30 people were also injured, Palestinian officials said.

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