Eight people were killed in an Israeli attack on a UN school in Gaza, according to hospital officials in the region on Wednesday (2).
Injured people, including children, were rushed to Al Aqsa Martyrs hospital following an attack on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) building.
The Israeli Air Force conducted a “precision strike” against a former girls’ school in the area, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said, alleging that the site was being used as a command and control center by Hamas.
“The command and control center, which was housed in a complex that was previously the ‘Nuseirat School for Girls’, was used by Hamas to plan and execute terrorist attacks against IDF troops and the State of Israel,” the statement said. of the IDF.
Israeli forces added that they had taken “several measures” to lessen the danger to civilians, “including the use of precision munitions, aerial surveillance and additional intelligence.”
Images from CNN showed several injured children arriving at Al Aqsa Martyrs hospital, including 3-month-old Hala. She was rushed to the emergency room and placed on a bed that had no mattress. Hala’s body was covered in shrapnel wounds and her head was wrapped in a white bandage. When a doctor examined her wounds, she winced. When he turned it over, he realized that it had been burned.
“Suddenly, the rocket hit and everyone disappeared,” Hala’s grandmother commented to CNN . “This is my granddaughter, Hala Ahmad. She is 3 months old. I don’t know where her mother is. I grabbed the little ones and ran. I don’t know what happened to their mother,” she added.
The video also showed a man lying on the ground, covered in blood and injuries. In the bed next to him, another injured child lay unconscious. Another was taken to the emergency room and placed in bed next to the baby.
“I was asleep. My daughter was with me at school. Suddenly, a rocket hit the room we were in. My daughter was killed and my other daughter is inside,” shared Riham Qannufa, another witness at the scene. CNN .
Understand the escalation in conflicts in the Middle East
Iran’s missile attack on Israel on the 1st marked a new stage in the regional conflict in the Middle East. On one side of the war is Israel, with support from the United States. On the other, the Axis of Resistance, which receives financial and military support from Iran and which has a series of paramilitary groups.
There are seven conflict fronts currently open: the Islamic Republic of Iran; Hamas, in the Gaza Strip; Hezbollah, in Lebanon; the Syrian government and the militias operating in the country; the Houthis, in Yemen; Shia groups in Iraq; and different militant organizations in the West Bank.
Israel has soldiers on three of these fronts: Lebanon, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. In the other four, it carries out aerial bombings.
The Israeli Army began a “limited ground operation” in Lebanon on September 30, days after Israel killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in a bombing of the group’s headquarters in the Beirut suburb.
The Israel Defense Forces say they have killed virtually the entire Hezbollah chain of command in similar bombings carried out in recent weeks. On September 23, Lebanon had its deadliest day since the 2006 war, with more than 500 fatalities.
At least two Brazilian teenagers died in the attacks. Itamaraty condemned the situation and called for an end to hostilities. With the increase in hostilities, the Brazilian government announced an operation to repatriate Brazilians in Lebanon.
In the West Bank, the Israeli military is trying to dismantle groups opposed to Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory.
In the Gaza Strip, Israel seeks to eradicate Hamas, responsible for the October 7 attack that left more than 1,200 people dead, according to information from the Israeli government. The Israeli operation killed more than 40,000 Palestinians, according to the enclave’s Ministry of Health, controlled by Hamas.
Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar remains hidden in tunnels in the Gaza Strip, where dozens of Israelis kidnapped by Hamas are also believed to be in captivity.
Almost the entire population of Gaza has been displaced amid the new Israeli offensive
This content was originally published in Eight people die after Israeli attack on UN school in Gaza, officials say on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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