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Palestinians reported Israeli attack this Saturday against a school in the Gaza area that served as a shelter; meanwhile, US Secretary of State Antony BlinkenI listened Arab countries

Palestinians condemn Israeli attack on school;  at least 15 dead

Palestinians reported Israeli attack this Saturday against a school in the Gaza area that served as a shelter; meanwhile, US Secretary of State Antony BlinkenI listened Arab countries demand ceasefire at a meeting in Jordan.

Witnesses said the attack took place at Al-Fakhoura school in Jabaliya, where thousands of evacuees were living.

At least 15 people were killed and dozens more were injuredAccording to Mohammad Abu Selmeyi, a Health Ministry spokesman in the Hamas-ruled enclave.

Juliet Thoma, Director of Public Relations UN Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), confirmed Reuters that the UN-run school was hit.

He said it was children among the victimsbut UNRWA has not yet been able to verify the exact death toll.

Photos from the attack on Al-Fakhoura school in the Gaza Strip | Photo: Reuters

“At least one attack reached School playground, where there were tents for displaced people. Another blow occurred in school interiorwhere the women baked bread,” Toma said over the phone.

“People were preparing breakfast when suddenly the shelling started,” one man said in a video obtained by Reuters.

I found my two daughters, one of them was tortured and her head was broken.the second was leg wound… another girl was also wounded by shrapnel.”

The Gaza Ministry of Health stated that Another Israeli missile strike killed two women near Nasser Children’s Hospital.. Several more people were injured.

The Israeli military had no immediate comment on either incident.

Israeli ground forces surrounded Gaza City on Thursday as they stepped up bombing campaigns aimed at stopping Hamas after the militant group killed 1,400 people and took more than 240 hostage. October 7 attack in southern Israel.

Health authorities in the Gaza Strip said on Saturday that More than 9,488 Palestinians have died still under Israeli attack.

Last month, Israel orders all civilians to leave the northern Gaza Stripincluding Gaza City, where he said Hamas fighters were hiding in tunnels and heading south of the enclave.

Photos from the attack on Al-Fakhoura school in the Gaza Strip | Photo: Reuters

He continued to bomb the entire enclave, declaring that militants hiding among civiliansand many people remain in the north, where they say they feel trapped.

The military said it would allow Palestinians to travel along one of the main roads in the Gaza Strip – Salah HaDin Roadon Saturday from 13:00 to 16:00 local time.

“If you care about yourself and your loved ones, please heed our instructions to go south.”– he noted in a message in Arabic on social networks.

He US Special Envoy David Satterfieldsaid in Amman that from 800 thousand to a million people have already moved to the south Gaza Strip, while between 350,000 and 400,000 remain in and around northern Gaza City.

Palestinians searched through the rubble for survivors of an Israeli airstrike in the southern town of Khan Yunis.

We are firm in Gaza, even if only one citizen remains, the state will begin again from there.“Said Palestinian Harb Al-Barki, 65 years old.

Blinken hears calls for ceasefire

He Interim Prime Minister of Lebanon Najib Mikatistressed the urgency of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip when met with Blinken in Amman Lebanon’s state news agency reported this on Saturday.

Blinken, in turn, emphasized his efforts to end hostilities for humanitarian reasons and to solve the problem of prisoners.

The Israeli military said it attacked “a series of Hezbollah terrorist sites in Lebanon” after the shootings there were part of the biggest outbreak since 2006.

Antony Blinken | Photo: Reuters

The powerful Lebanese group Hezbollah is supported by Iran., like Hamas. Its leader warned on Friday that the conflict could spread if Israel continues to bomb the Gaza Strip.

Blinken is also scheduled to meet in Amman on Saturday with Foreign Ministers of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Emirates and Egyptas well as with Palestinian representatives, the Jordanian Foreign Ministry said.

Arab leaders will insist “Arab position demanding an immediate ceasefire”delivery of humanitarian aid and ways to end the dangerous deterioration of the situation that threatens the security of the region,” the ministry said in a statement.

Washington remained firm military and political support for Israelwhile calling on its ally to take action to prevent civilian deaths and resolve the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip.

Ambulance hit

Gaza health authorities reported Israeli airstrike on ambulance kills 15 people on Friday evening he was part of a convoy transporting wounded Palestinians to Gaza’s largest hospital, Al Shifa..

The Israeli army said it had identified and achieved ambulance “used by the Hamas terrorist cell” and that several Hamas militants were killed.

Photo: Reuters

The Palestinian Ministry of Health has demanded that Israel provide Evidence that the ambulance was transporting militants. Israel said it intends to provide additional information. He accused Hamas of hiding command centers and tunnel entrances in al-Shifa, which Hamas and the hospital deny.

Living conditions in the Gaza Strip, already difficult before the fighting, have deteriorated further. little foodresidents turned to drink salt water And medical services collapsed.

Israeli army began large-scale ground operations a week ago and in its latest update stated that the combined tank and engineer unit conducted “Punctual invasion” of the southern Gaza Strip “for the detection of buildings and the disposal of explosives.”

(Reuters)

Source: Aristegui Noticias

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