Israel targets Hamas compound at Gaza school, dozens reportedly killed

Jun 6

Karah Rucker Anchor

By Karah Rucker (Anchor), Brock Koller (Senior Producer), William Jackson (Producer), Ian Kennedy (Lead Video Editor)

Israel said its military struck a school that contained a Hamas compound on Thursday, June 6. Israel has long accused Hamas of using civilian facilities like schools and hospitals as hideouts and weapon storage. Reports indicate the Israeli airstrike was on a UNRWA school in the Nuseirat refugee camp.

Israeli officials said the early morning airstrike killed fighters who were involved in Hamas’ terror attack on Oct. 7.

The Hamas-run media rejected those claims, saying the strike by Israeli fighter jets killed at least 30 people, including women and children who were seeking shelter inside the United Nations school in central Gaza.

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The Israeli military said it took steps to reduce the risk of harming civilians before launching the attack.

The strike comes a day after the Israeli military announced a new ground and air offensive in central Gaza, where it says Hamas militants have regrouped.

DEIR AL BALAH, GAZA - JUNE 06: The dead bodies of the Palestinians are brought to the Al Aqa Martyrs hospital after the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) school sheltering thousands of people, is bombed by the Isreali army, on June 06, 2024 in Deir Al Balah, Gaza. It was reported that death toll from Israeli airstrike on UNRWA school in Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, rises to 39. (Photo by Ashraf Amra/Anadolu via Getty Images) — Getty Images

Despite the reports from local officials, Israel said it was not aware of any civilians deaths at the school.

This comes after Straight Arrow News recently reported the United Nations had revised its estimates on the number of Palestinian women and children killed in the war. The world agency said the actual death toll was half of what had been reported by the Hamas-run Ministry of Health in Gaza.

The U.N. also suggested the numbers could further decrease as they continue to investigate the death count.

Tags: airstrikes, Benjamin Netanyahu, Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Israel Defense Forces, Palestine, United Nations

[KARAH RUCKER]

NOW TO THE LATEST IN THE WAR IN GAZA – ISRAEL SAYS ITS MILITARY has struck A SCHOOL THAT CONTAINED A HAMAS COMPOUND.

israel has long accused hamas of using critical civilian FACILITIES like schools and children’s hospitals as HIDEOUTS AND PLACES to store their WEAPONS.

ISRAELI OFFICIALS SAY THE AIRSTRIKE EARLY THIS MORNING KILLED FIGHTERS WHO WERE INVOLVED IN HAMAS’ TERROR ATTACK ON OCTOBER 7TH.

THE HAMAS-RUN MEDIA rejects THOSE CLAIMS – SAYING THE STRIKE BY ISRAELI FIGHTER JETS KILLED AT LEAST 30 PEOPLE – INCLUDING WOMEN AND CHILDREN — WHO WERE SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE THE UNITED NATIONS SCHOOL IN CENTRAL GAZA.

THE ISRAELI MILITARY SAYS IT TOOK STEPS TO REDUCE THE RISK OF HARMING CIVILIANS BEFORE LAUNCHING THE ATTACK.

THE STRIKE COMES A DAY AFTER THE ISRAELI MILITARY ANNOUNCED A NEW GROUND AND AIR OFFENSIVE IN CENTRAL GAZA – WHERE IT SAYS HAMAS MILITANTS HAVE REGROUPED in the region.

DESPITE THE REPORTS BY LOCAL OFFICIALS — ISRAEL HAS SAID IT WAS NOT AWARE OF ANY CIVILIAN DEATHS AT THE SCHOOL.

THIS COMES after straight arrow news RECENTLY reported the united nations **revised its numbers on the amount of Palestinian women and children who have been killed in the war —

the world agency saying the actual death toll was half of what was reported by the hamas run ministry of health in gaza.

the UN suggested the numbers could further decrease as they continue to investigate the death count.

you can find that story now on the STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS APP.