On Sunday night, an Israeli strike on a school sheltering displaced people in southern Gaza killed at least 20 Palestinians, including children, as the daily US-backed slaughter continues.
According to the Palestinian news agency WAFA, the strike hit a UN-run school in western Khan Younis near the Nasser Medical Complex. The breakdown of the casualties is unclear, but photos and videos of the aftermath show children among the dead and wounded.
Israeli forces also attacked a school sheltering Palestinians in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza, killing at least 15. Among the dead was a family of four, including two children. Beit Hanoun has been under a total Israeli siege since early October as part of an ethnic cleansing campaign.
Israeli strikes also targeted central Gaza’s Nuseirat refugee camp, killing a journalist and five civil defense workers. According to Al Jazeera, the strike targeted the headquarters for the local civil defense rescue workers.
The journalist, Ahmed al-Louh, a cameraman for Al Jazeera, was killed while wearing a press vest and helmet. The report said al-Louh was the third journalist to be killed within 24 hours.
According to Gaza’s Government Media office, the death of al-Louh brings the total number of journalists killed by Israeli attacks in Gaza to 196.
Gaza’s Health Ministry said in its daily death toll update, which it released about mid-day Gaza time, that at least 46 Palestinians were killed and another 135 were wounded in the previous 24-hour period. The ministry only counts dead and wounded Palestinians brought to hospitals and morgues.
A day earlier, the Health Ministry said at least 55 Palestinians were killed in the previous 24 hours. Israeli strikes pounded targets across the Strip on Saturday, including in northern Gaza..
