Dozens of people, including UNRWA staff, were wounded and the school suffered severe structural damage, United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees said, adding the number of casualties was expected to rise.
Around 3,000 people have been killed in Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip, the health ministry in the Hamas-run Palestinian territory said on Tuesday.
More than 12,500 others have been wounded since Israel started bombarding Gaza on October 7, in retaliation for Hamas attacks in Israel which killed more than 1,400 people.
The UN human rights office is decrying "appalling reports" that civilians who were trying to flee to southern Gaza were hit and killed by a military strike.
More than 1 million Palestinians have fled their homes — roughly half of Gaza's population — and 60 per cent are now in the approximately 14-kilometer-long area south of the evacuation zone.
The AP reported that around 50 bodies were brought to Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis and Family members came to claim the bodies, wrapped in white bedsheets, some soaked in blood.
According to CNN, Hamas — the rulers of the Gaza Strip — has accused US President Joe Biden of falling for Israel's narrative ahead of his visit to Israel and Jordan on October 18.
Speaking to CNN, Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem called the United States a "culprit" in the war against Palestinian people and claimed that Biden's visit was aimed at providing financial support to Israel while encouraging Tel Aviv to "commit more massacres against Palestinians."
"Unfortunately the US administration and the US President Biden took a very aggressive measure against the Palestinian people and fell for the Israeli narrative. His visit is only to support the Israelis financially and morally and to encourage the occupation to commit more massacres against our Palestinian brothers and sisters, children and the elderly," Qassem told CNN.
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has issued a warning that "no one can stop" resistance forces against Israel if it keeps up its bombardment of Gaza and further hinted at Iran's "responsibility to react."
"If the crimes of the Zionist (Israeli) regime continue, Muslims and resistance forces will become impatient, and no one can stop them," Khamenei said.
"Regarding the situation in Gaza, we all have a responsibility to react; we must react," Khamenei said, without detailing what a reaction may entail.
Iran warned on October 16, of a possible "pre-emptive action" against Israel "in the coming hours", as Israel readies for a ground offensive on the Gaza Strip.
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has issued a warning that "no one can stop" resistance against Israel if it keeps up its bombardment of Gaza and further hinted at Iran's "responsibility to react."
"If the crimes of the Zionist (Israeli) regime continue, Muslims and resistance forces will become impatient, and no one can stop them," Khamenei said.
"Regarding the situation in Gaza, we all have a responsibility to react; we must react," Khamenei said, without detailing what a reaction may entail.
Iran warned on October 16, of a possible "pre-emptive action" against Israel "in the coming hours", as Israel readies for a ground offensive on the Gaza Strip.
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has issued a warning that "no one can stop" resistance against Israel if it keeps up its bombardment of Gaza and further hinted at Iran's "responsibility to react."
"If the crimes of the Zionist (Israeli) regime continue, Muslims and resistance forces will become impatient, and no one can stop them," Khamenei said.
"Regarding the situation in Gaza, we all have a responsibility to react; we must react," Khamenei said, without detailing what a reaction may entail.
Iran warned on October 16, of a possible "pre-emptive action" against Israel "in the coming hours", as Israel readies for a ground offensive on the Gaza Strip.
Military operations show no signs of abating, and the continued siege on Gaza is affecting water supply, food, medicine and other basic needs.
With numerous health facilities hit by bombardment and others beyond breaking point, there are serious concerns about the accessibility of medical care for the thousands injured – and for the estimated 50,000 pregnant women, as well as people with chronic physical and mental health issues. READ FULL REPORT HERE
Reuters demanded Israeli officials conduct a "swift and transparent" probe over the killing of its journalist in Lebanon and urged Israeli Defense Forces to provide "clear evidence and explanation" over the incident.
Gaza is being strangled and it seems that the world right now has lost its humanity.
The UN relief agency for Palestinians says it has run out of capacity to help, declaring an "unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe."
The Conversation explains why the urgent and chaotic evacuation ordered by a "belligerent" Israel will "further worsen" the current humanitarian and public health catastrophe.
King Abdullah II on Tuesday warned of a dire situation in the Middle East if the conflict between Israel and Hamas is allowed to spread to other countries.
Scholz, who will travel to Israel later on Tuesday, also warned against an escalation. He will be the first head of government to visit Israel since Hamas' attack last week.
Hospitals in the Gaza Strip are completely overwhelmed. But Gaza’s health care system was already under stress before the latest bombardment.
In fact, policies that stretch back decades have left it unable to meet even the basic health needs of Gaza’s residents, let alone respond to the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe.
Yara M Asi, a Palestinian expert in global health, explains the unprecedented challenges awaiting Gaza's vulnerable health system. READ FULL REPORT HERE
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Martin Griffiths, who is heading to Cairo on Tuesday “to try to help in the negotiations,” said the U.N.’s “overwhelming priority” is to get access to Gaza, saying humanitarian rules of war are being violated.
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