Dozens Killed as Israel Attacks School-Turned-Shelter in Southern Gaza

Dozens Killed as Israel Attacks School-Turned-Shelter in Southern Gaza

Palestinians look for survivors after Israeli airstrikes in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Oct. 16, 2023. (Photo: AP)

At least 33 people were killed on Friday after Israeli military forces bombed a school housing hundreds of displaced Palestinian civilians in the city of Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip.

Barrages of artillery shells were dropped on the Haifa School in Khan Younis, where scores displaced families have sought refuge.

According to medical sources, the bombing caused a number of deaths and injuries among the displaced.

Later, an Israeli drone targeted the vicinity of the school while Qatar’s Al Jazeera channel crew was at the scene covering the events, causing the injury of correspondent Wael Al-Dahdouh and the death of his cameraman, Samer Abu Daqqa.

Ambulances could not reach Abu Daqqa as the area was targeted by air and artillery bombardment.

According to the government media office in Gaza, the Israeli army killed 89 journalists during the war on Gaza since 7 October, arrested 8, and wounded many.

Since 7 October, the Israeli army has been waging a devastating genocidal war on Gaza that claimed the lives of 19,000 people and left over 50,000 others injured, most of them children and women.

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