Six Unrwa workers among estimated 14 killed in Israeli strike on Gaza school sheltering displaced

[DJ Synikus Makisimus]

Source: The Guardian (London)

An Israeli airstrike on a central Gaza school being used as a shelter for displaced Palestinians has killed 14 people, the Hamas-run territory’s civil defence agency has said, with the UN reporting that six of its staff were among the dead.

The UN Palestinian refugee agency, Unrwa, said the attack was the highest death toll among its staff in a single incident. Two airstrikes hit the school and its surroundings in Nuseirat, it said. “Among those killed was the manager of the Unrwa shelter and other team members providing assistance to displaced people,” the UN agency said on X.

Earlier, Israel’s military said its air force had “conducted a precise strike on terrorists who were operating inside a Hamas command-and-control centre” on the school grounds, without elaborating on the outcome or the identities of those targeted.

The Hamas government media office said about 5,000 displaced people were sheltering at the school when it was hit on Wednesday. Unrwa said in its statement: “This school has been hit five times since the war began. It is home to about 12,000 displaced people, mainly women and children.”

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/sep/12/idf-airstrike-gaza-school-nuseirat-refugee-shelter-six-un-unrwa-workers-among-dead

[Klarkashton]

1. Apparently every Palestinian killed is shielding a

Hamas. In doubt? Read the replies.

[LauraInLA]

2. That's so weird -- I'm logged in, read the article, and couldn't see any comments? Sorry, replies?

[Klarkashton]

3. That's unusual maybe this is so horrible that there

Are no excuses.

[LauraInLA]

7. Lovely - gross.

[sarisataka]

9. There doesn't even appear to be a way to submit comments

maybe the poster is confused

[LauraInLA]

12. Apparently the comment was a joke?

[maxsolomon]

10. The NYT had an article on 9/10 about Gazans refusing Hamas fighters entry to shelters.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/10/world/middleeast/airstrikes-gaza-school-shelters-hamas.html

I know, we hate the NYT...

[C0RI0LANUS]

4. The ICC at the Hague indicted Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu for war crimes,

yet the arrest warrant has inexplicably NOT been issued.

In contrast, the International Criminal Court (ICC) both indicted AND issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for war crimes against Ukrainians on St Patrick's Day 2023.

This is breathtaking.

Sources:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx88l499vero

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64992727

https://www.icc-cpi.int/

[Beastly Boy]

8. The ICC did not indict Netanyahu.

Prosecutors do not indict. The ICC prosecutor cannot even get the ICC judges' approval to arrest him, let alone get the judges to convene an indictment hearing.

Nothing inexplicable about it. It's called due process of law, and it is all spelled out in the Rome Convention which established the International Criminal Court.

[mahina]

5. Again

💧💧💧

[mahina]

6. Again.

💧💧💧

[orthoclad]

11. Your tax dollars at work.

[sarisataka]

13. The claims are not mutually exclusive

it is entirely possible Israel “conducted a precise strike on terrorists who were operating inside a Hamas command-and-control centre” and “Among those killed was the manager of the Unrwa shelter and other team members...

[AloeVera]

14. I feel an urge to re-read Waiting for Godot.

The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, said Washington would continue to urge Israel to do more to spare humanitarian sites. “We need to see humanitarian sites protected,” he told reporters while on a visit to Poland. “That’s something we continue to raise with Israel.”