ALBAWABA- At least 18 people were killed and dozens more injured when Israeli warplanes bombed Abu Hamisa School in the Al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza early Thursday, according to local health officials.
The school, which was sheltering displaced families, became the latest target in a series of deadly airstrikes that have claimed 37 lives across Gaza since dawn, marking another grim escalation in Israel’s ongoing military campaign.
Eyewitnesses and civil defense teams report that multiple victims remain trapped beneath the rubble, as Israeli missiles also struck neighboring residential buildings in the densely populated camp. The death toll is expected to rise.
Speaking to Al Jazeera, a spokesperson for Al-Aqsa Hospital described the aftermath as "catastrophic," stressing that the facility is overwhelmed and critically short on essential medications to treat the surge of casualties.
“We are dealing with a massacre,” the spokesperson said, “and we simply do not have the medical capacity to respond.”
Meanwhile, international concern is mounting. Josep Borrell, the European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs, disclosed that he had urged Israel’s foreign minister to resume humanitarian aid to Gaza immediately.
“The humanitarian situation is unbearable,” Borrell stated, adding that aid must not be politicized as the crisis deepens.
