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20 Palestinians killed in Israeli bombing of school in Khan Yunis

Published: 09 Jul 2024 - 11:57 pm | Last Updated: 09 Jul 2024 - 11:59 pm
A paramedic carries a wounded child by Israeli bombardment to the emergency ward at Nassr hospital in Khan Yunis, on the southern Gaza Strip on July 9, 2024. (Photo by Bashar Taleb / AFP)

A paramedic carries a wounded child by Israeli bombardment to the emergency ward at Nassr hospital in Khan Yunis, on the southern Gaza Strip on July 9, 2024. (Photo by Bashar Taleb / AFP)

QNA

Gaza: At least 20 Palestinians were martyred and others were injured on Tuesday as a result of the Israeli occupation warplanes bombing a school housing displaced people in Khan Yunis city, south of the Gaza Strip.

Palestinian News Agency (WAFA) cited local sources as reporting, that occupation warplanes bombed the entrance to Al-Awda School, which houses displaced people in the town of Abasan Al-Kabira, east of Khan Yunis city, resulting in at least 20 martyrs and the injury of others.

The Israeli occupation forces continue to commit crimes of genocide against Palestinian citizens in the Gaza Strip, especially the displaced, the most recent of which was the bombing of a school belonging to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in the Nuseirat camp, which led to dozens of martyrs and wounded. These crimes constitute a violation of It is a flagrant violation of the provisions of international humanitarian law, the Geneva Conventions, and orders issued by the International Court of Justice.

For the 277th day, the occupations intense, comprehensive and unprecedented aggression against the Gaza Strip continues, by launching dozens of air strikes and shelling by land and sea, while committing bloody massacres against Palestinian civilians, leaving tens of thousands martyred, wounded and missing, and causing massive destruction to infrastructure and vital facilities, in addition to the unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe it caused in the Strip as a result of the cessation of food, water, medicine and fuel supplies due to occupation restrictions.