U.N. condemns Israel after 6 workers killed in Gaza school strike
United Nations leaders accused Israel of violating international humanitarian law saying that six of its workers were killed by an airstrike on a school.
United Nations leaders on Thursday accused Israel of violating international humanitarian law, saying that six of its workers were among 18 people reported killed by an airstrike on a school in central Gaza sheltering displaced Palestinians.
“What’s happening in Gaza is totally unacceptable,” U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said in a post on X hours after Wednesday’s attack on Al-Jaouni school in the Nuseirat refugee camp. “These dramatic violations of international humanitarian law need to stop now.”
The Israeli military said it was targeting Hamas militants and later said several of the U.N. workers killed were members of Hamas, without providing evidence.
Children were among at least 18 people killed in the airstrike, Gaza’s Civil Defense agency said in a statement, adding that it was the fifth time Israeli forces had targeted the facility during Israel's almost yearlong offensive in Gaza.
The U.N. Relief and Works Agency, known as UNRWA, which has been operating the school as shelter for displaced Palestinians, said it had been sheltering more than 12,000 people.
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