CNN —At least 18 people, including United Nations staff, were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a UN school-turned-shelter in the Nuseirat camp in central Gaza on Wednesday, according to the Gaza Civil Defense and hospital officials.
This is the fifth time that the school compound has been targeted since October 7, according to the UN agency and a Gaza Civil Defense spokesperson.
Mahmoud Basal, a Gaza Civil Defense spokesman, said search operations were ongoing amid the rubble, with children and women among the injured.
In a separate attack, at least nine members of the same family were killed in an Israeli strike in Jabalya, northern Gaza, it said.
Footage of the aftermath, published by Gaza’s Civil Defense, showed the dismembered limbs of children.
Persons:
“, ”, Mahmoud, Philippe Lazzarini, ” Hani Haniya, Fadel Abu Hdayyeh, Khan Younis
Organizations:
CNN, United Nations, UN, Gaza Civil Defense, UNRWA, Israel Defense Forces, Israeli Air Force, Al, Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, Palestinian Ministry of Health, Civil Defense, Gaza’s Civil Defense
Locations:
Gaza, Nuseirat, Israel, Geneva, Al, Aqsa, Khan, Khuza’a, Jabalya