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| On 6 June 2024, the ] fired two missiles at Al-Sardi, a ] school in the ]. Though the complex has not been used as a school since the outbreak of the war, ] claims approximately 6,000 people have been using it for shelter.<ref name="bbc4" /> | On 6 June 2024, the ] fired two missiles at Al-Sardi, a ] school in the ]. Though the complex has not been used as a school since the outbreak of the war, ] claims approximately 6,000 people have been using it for shelter.<ref name="bbc4" /> | ||
| The exact death toll, as well as the breakdown between civilians and combatants, is disputed. The ]-run ] claimed that at least 33 Palestinians were killed, including 3 women, 9 children and 21 men.<ref name="bbc4">{{Cite web |last=Alouf |first=Rushdi Abu |last2=Gritten |first2=David |date=2024-06-06 |title=Gaza war: Israeli strike on UN school kills reportedly kills 35 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crggq0jygq6o |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240606035942/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crggq0jygq6o |archive-date=2024-06-06 |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=] |language=en-gb}}</ref><ref name="AP-June 7" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Graham-Harrison |first=Emma |date=2024-06-06 |title=Dozens killed in Israeli strike on UN school, witnesses say |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/06/israel-gaza-war-idf-strike-un-school-al-nuseirat-death-toll-hamas |access-date=2024-06-10 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> The Gaza Health Ministry does not distinguish between ] and ] in its statistics, nor how they were killed or by whom.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |date=2023-10-26 |title=What is Gaza's Ministry of Health and how does it calculate the war's death toll? |url=https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-gaza-health-ministry-health-death-toll-59470820308b31f1faf73c703400b033 |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":10">{{Cite news |date=2023-11-16 |title=How the dead are counted in Gaza |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67347201 |access-date=2024-06-10 |work=] |language=en-GB}}</ref> | The exact death toll, as well as the breakdown between civilians and combatants, is disputed. The ]-run ] claimed that at least 33 Palestinians were killed, including 3 women, 9 children and 21 men.<ref name="bbc4">{{Cite web |last=Alouf |first=Rushdi Abu |last2=Gritten |first2=David |date=2024-06-06 |title=Gaza war: Israeli strike on UN school kills reportedly kills 35 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crggq0jygq6o |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240606035942/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crggq0jygq6o |archive-date=2024-06-06 |access-date=2024-06-06 |website=] |language=en-gb}}</ref><ref name="AP-June 7" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Graham-Harrison |first=Emma |date=2024-06-06 |title=Dozens killed in Israeli strike on UN school, witnesses say |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/06/israel-gaza-war-idf-strike-un-school-al-nuseirat-death-toll-hamas |access-date=2024-06-10 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> The Gaza Health Ministry does not distinguish between ] and ] in its statistics, nor how they were killed or by whom.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |date=2023-10-26 |title=What is Gaza's Ministry of Health and how does it calculate the war's death toll? |url=https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-gaza-health-ministry-health-death-toll-59470820308b31f1faf73c703400b033 |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=AP News |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":10">{{Cite news |date=2023-11-16 |title=How the dead are counted in Gaza |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67347201 |access-date=2024-06-10 |work=] |language=en-GB}}</ref>{{relevance}}{{editorializing}} | ||
| The IDF claimed that they carried out a "precise strike on a Hamas compound" within the school, and that it had killed many of the 20-30 militants from Hamas and ] it believed were inside.<ref name="bbc4" /> The IDF later named and identified 17 known members of Hamas and ] who had been killed in the strike.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pope |first=Felix |title=Israel defends targeting UNRWA school after dozens killed |url=https://www.thejc.com/news/israel/israel-defends-targeting-unrwa-school-after-dozens-killed-mxsxcryr |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=www.thejc.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Murphy |first=Matt |last2=Wright |first2=George |date=2024-06-06 |title=US says Israel must be open over Gaza school strike |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cekkd8k2gy9o |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=] |language=en-GB}}</ref> IDF spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel ] claimed that the militants were "operating in three different rooms to plan and launch terror attacks" and that the IDF had postponed the strike twice in order to minimise civilian casualties.<ref>Emanuel Fabian, ] 7 June 2024</ref><ref name="bbc" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ott |first=Haley |date=2024-06-06 |title=Israel says deadly strike on Gaza school sheltering Palestinians targeted Hamas militants planning attacks |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/israel-hamas-war-gaza-un-school-multiple-deaths/ |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=] |language=en-US}}</ref> | The IDF claimed that they carried out a "precise strike on a Hamas compound" within the school, and that it had killed many of the 20-30 militants from Hamas and ] it believed were inside.<ref name="bbc4" /> The IDF later named and identified 17 known members of Hamas and ] who had been killed in the strike.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pope |first=Felix |title=Israel defends targeting UNRWA school after dozens killed |url=https://www.thejc.com/news/israel/israel-defends-targeting-unrwa-school-after-dozens-killed-mxsxcryr |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=www.thejc.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Murphy |first=Matt |last2=Wright |first2=George |date=2024-06-06 |title=US says Israel must be open over Gaza school strike |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cekkd8k2gy9o |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=] |language=en-GB}}</ref> IDF spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel ] claimed that the militants were "operating in three different rooms to plan and launch terror attacks" and that the IDF had postponed the strike twice in order to minimise civilian casualties.<ref>Emanuel Fabian, ] 7 June 2024</ref><ref name="bbc" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ott |first=Haley |date=2024-06-06 |title=Israel says deadly strike on Gaza school sheltering Palestinians targeted Hamas militants planning attacks |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/israel-hamas-war-gaza-un-school-multiple-deaths/ |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=] |language=en-US}}</ref> | ||
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2024 Israeli airstrike on school in Nuseirat refugee camp
  Al-Sardi school | |
| Date | June 6, 2024 (2024-06-06) |
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| Location | Nuseirat refugee camp, Gaza Strip, Palestine |
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| Non-fatal injuries | 70+ Palestinians |
On 6 June 2024, the Israel Defense Forces fired two missiles at Al-Sardi, a UNRWA school in the Nuseirat refugee camp. Though the complex has not been used as a school since the outbreak of the war, UNRWA claims approximately 6,000 people have been using it for shelter.
The exact death toll, as well as the breakdown between civilians and combatants, is disputed. The Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry claimed that at least 33 Palestinians were killed, including 3 women, 9 children and 21 men. The Gaza Health Ministry does not distinguish between civilians and combatants in its statistics, nor how they were killed or by whom.
The IDF claimed that they carried out a "precise strike on a Hamas compound" within the school, and that it had killed many of the 20-30 militants from Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad it believed were inside. The IDF later named and identified 17 known members of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad who had been killed in the strike. IDF spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Peter Lerner claimed that the militants were "operating in three different rooms to plan and launch terror attacks" and that the IDF had postponed the strike twice in order to minimise civilian casualties.
Background
UNRWA ran about 300 schools in the Gaza Strip until all educational programmes were suspended following the 7 October attack and the Israeli response. Many of these schools have been transformed into refugee centres for Gazans fleeing their homes and the fighting. Some 6,000 refugees had sought shelter at al-Sardi school. On 6 May 2024, Israel began the Rafah offensive during the Israel-Hamas war. Israel had previously been criticized during the offensive for the offensive itself and airstrikes conducted by Israel on Palestinian civilians, such as the Tel Al-Sultan massacre, in which 45–50 Palestinian civilians were killed in an area designated a "safe zone" for civilians in the Gaza Strip.
Incident
On 6 June 2024, at approximately 2 a.m., Israeli forces targeted the classrooms on the highest floor of the Al-Sardi school in the Nuseirat refugee camp with two missiles in an airstrike. The strike was carried after the army declared new ground assaults and airstrikes on several refugee camps in central Gaza. UNRWA said 6,000 Palestinian refugees were sheltering in the school at the time of the attack. Since the start of the war, more than 180 UN agency buildings have been hit and more than 450 displaced people have been killed in those facilities. The munition used in the attack was of the same variety employed in the Tel al-Sultan massacre, namely a GBU-39.
Casualties
The dead and wounded were immediately transferred to Shuhada al-Aqsa Hospital in the nearby city of Deir al-Balah, which was according to the New York Times overwhelmed by chaos as it struggled to cope with the casualties. According to eyewitnesses, women and girls slept in a separate quarters from the rooms targeted which were used to shelter men and boys. The initial estimate by the Gaza Health Ministry and Authorities at al-Aqsa Hospital was that this attack left at least 40 dead, including 14 children and 9 women, and more than 74 wounded. The Hospital Morgue later amended the casualties after a count to three women, nine children and 21 men. Associated Press journalist was allowed to confirm the count of bodies but not look beneath the shrouds.
Al-Thawabta said the number of dead and wounded entering Al-Aqsa Hospital is three times the clinical capacity of the hospital.
Rescuers have said they only recovered the bodies of civilians from the site. In contrast, Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, the spokesman for the IDF stated it was a "precise strike" based on intelligence and that the militants were planning and conducting attacks from inside three classrooms which were specifically targeted after it was confirmed that no women or children were inside. The IDF has released the names of seventeen alleged militants it said it killed. No further evdience was given to substantiate the claim. Eight (8) of the names provided by Israel do not actually match hospital records, and one of the 'identified fighters' was actually an 8-year-old boy.
Peter Lerner, The Israel Defense Forces Spokesman, said that it was not aware of any civilian casualties in this attack. Ismail Al-Thawabta, Director General of the Government Media Office, denied Israel's claim, telling Reuters that the occupiers use "false fabricated stories to justify the brutal crime it conducted against dozens of displaced people."
American-made munitions
A CNN analysis of video from the scene and a review by an explosive weapons expert found that US-made munitions were used in the strike on the school. CNN identified fragments of at least two US-made GBU-39 small-diameter bombs (SDB) in a video filmed at the scene by a journalist working for CNN. previously, CNN verified the use of US-made weapons in the Israeli army's deadly attack on the Tel al-Sultan massacre. According to The Washington Post, Weapons experts identified the Weapons used in the attack as the US-made GBU-39. Fragments visible in confirmed images from the scene define a cage code, or five-character sequence, used to identify dealers who sell weapons to the US government. The code "81873" connected this fragment to Woodward HRT, a weapons fragments manufacturer registered in Valencia, California.
Earlier, the US State Department report said it was "reasonable to assess" that Israel violated international law while using US weapons in its military operations in Gaza, but noted that the US did "not have complete information to verify" whether the US-made weapons have been "were specifically used" in alleged violations of international humanitarian law.
Reactions
Secretary General of the United Nations António Guterres condemned the attack, saying that UN premises must be inviolable.
Spokesperson for the United States Department of State Matthew Miller called for Israel to show full "transparency" about the incident. Miller later stated the Israeli attack did not cross President Joe Biden's so-called "red line", or a large-scale operation in Rafah.
Director of the Hamas-run Government Media Office Ismail Al-Thawabta told reporters, "This terrible massacre that was carried out by the Israeli occupiers, a clear evidence of genocide is the ethnic cleansing against civilians, including women and children, and refugees in the Gaza Strip.
See also
References
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