The targeting of the UN school-turned-shelter is a “blatant” violation of international law, one UN official said.
A view of destruction at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees school sheltering thousands of people, in Nuseirat Refugee Camp, Gaza, on June 6, 2024.An Israeli bombing that killed 40 Palestinians and wounded 74 sheltering in a UN school-turned-shelter in a refugee camp in central Gaza on Thursday was carried out using U.S.-made weapons, an analysis finds.
Fragments of at least two U.S.-made GBU-39 small diameter bombs were found at the scene of the bombing on the Nuseirat refugee camp,at least 14 children and wounded 23, is a “blatant” violation of international law, human rights groups have said. International law prohibits targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure in war.UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini.
The conclusions of the report raised an uproar. A U.S. State Department official who quit after the release of the report said that itsby higher ups in the department to provide cover for U.S. officials working to send Israel yet more aid to be used to commit atrocities against Palestinians. Eyewitnesses say the attack on the Nuseirat school was horrific, with Israeli forces releasing two bombs on the building that“We were inside the school and suddenly we were bombed, people here turned to pieces on a harsh night … this building housed families and young people, and the shelling took place without warning,” survivor Anas al-Dahouk
The school is one of the many UNRWA facilities that have been targeted by Israeli forces since October. According to Lazzarini, 180 UNRWA buildings have been attacked, killing at least 450 Palestinians in UN facilities alone., Israel’s genocidal assault has killed at least 36,600 Palestinians. But the true death toll is likely far higher, as thousands more Palestinians are missing and presumed to be dead under the rubble of buildings bombed by Israel.
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