ALBAWABA - According to authorities and local media, Israeli troops targeted a UNRWA school in central Gaza, killing at least 32 displaced Palestinians and wounding dozens more.
Hamas called Thursday's strike a "horrible massacre" and stated several women and children were murdered and injured.
The Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that 32 people had died. According to the organization, hundreds of displaced Palestinians were sheltering at the Nuseirat camp's al-Sardi school, which is affiliated with the UN Refugee Organization (UNRWA), when it was attacked.
Ismail al-Thawabta, a spokesman for Gaza’s Government Media Office, told reporters: "huge numbers of dead and wounded" were arriving at the Al-Aqsa Hospital in central Gaza.
"This horrible massacre committed by the Israeli occupation is clear evidence of genocide, ethnic cleansing against civilians, including women and children and displaced people in the Gaza Strip," al-Thawabta added.
"The occupation uses lying to the public opinion through false, fabricated stories to justify the brutal crime it conducted against dozens of displaced people," al-Thawabta told the Reuters news agency.
