18 people were killed in an Israeli attack on a school in Gaza

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6 UN staff among those killed

At least 18 people were killed in an Israeli attack on a school in Gaza. Among those killed are 6 UN staff. According to the BBC, they are employees of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA).

UNRWA said the shelter manager and members of the team providing assistance to displaced people were killed. Displaced Palestinians were taking shelter in the Al-Zaouni school operating in the Nusseirat refugee camp . The Israeli army has repeatedly attacked the school premises.

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres condemned the attack and said that "the events in Gaza are unacceptable". "Such dramatic incidents of violations of international humanitarian law must be stopped now," Guterres said on the social network X.

The Israeli army has claimed to have targeted terrorists. The army, through a statement, announced that al-Jaouni area It said that it carried out a "precision attack" on the command and control center of Hamas.

Many schools in Gaza have been rebuilt to shelter displaced people . In some schools, a large number of war-affected people from Gaza have been taking shelter.

The Israeli army has claimed that Hamas fighters are hiding among Palestinians and displaced civilians in those schools. But Hamas has been denying the Israeli claim.

On October 7, the Palestinian Islamic group Hamas launched an active military operation in Gaza after an attack on southern Israel. Since then, more than 41,000 Palestinians have died in Gaza in Israeli attacks. The Ministry of Health, run by Hamas in Gaza, said that most of those killed were women and children.