{"id":42021,"date":"2024-09-12T04:32:35","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T04:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=42021"},"modified":"2024-09-12T04:32:39","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T04:32:39","slug":"un-says-israeli-strike-killed-six-of-its-gaza-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=42021","title":{"rendered":"UN says Israeli strike killed six of its Gaza staff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BBC:   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The UN agency for Palestinian refugees says six of its employees have been killed in an Israeli air strike on one of the schools it runs in central Gaza.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unrwa said it was &#8220;the highest death toll among our staff in a single incident&#8221; since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas in October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hospital officials and the Hamas-run Civil Defence agency said earlier that at least 14 people had been killed in the strike on al-Jaouni school in Nuseirat refugee camp, which is being used as a shelter by thousands of displaced Palestinians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Israel&#8217;s military says it carried out a \u201cprecise strike on terrorists\u201d planning attacks from inside the school, adding that it had taken measures to mitigate harm to civilians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unrwa said it was the fifth time the school had been hit over the past 11 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c4ng04kpv2do\">In July, 16 people were reportedly killed in a strike<\/a>&nbsp;which the Israeli military said had targeted several structures at the school used by Hamas fighters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hamas &#8211; which is proscribed as a terrorist group by Israel, the UK and other countries &#8211; has denied using schools and other civilian sites for military purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Israeli forces launched a campaign to destroy Hamas in response to the group&#8217;s unprecedented attack on southern Israel on 7 October, in which about 1,200 people were killed and 251 others were taken back to Gaza as hostages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More than 41,080 people have been killed in Gaza since then, according to the territory&#8217;s Hamas-run health ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">UN spokesman St\u00e9phane Dujarric told reporters the UN condemned \u201call air strikes that target civilians and those that also target UN facilities\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BBC: The UN agency for Palestinian refugees says six of its employees have been killed in an Israeli air strike on one of the schools it runs in central Gaza. Unrwa said it was &#8220;the highest death toll among our staff in a single incident&#8221; since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas in October. Hospital officials and the Hamas-run Civil Defence agency said earlier that at least 14 people had been killed in the strike on al-Jaouni school in Nuseirat refugee camp, which is being used as a shelter by thousands of displaced Palestinians. 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