An Israeli airstrike on a central Gaza school being used as a shelter for displaced Palestinians has killed 18 people, the Hamas-run territory’s civil defence agency has said, with the UN reporting that six of its staff were among the dead.
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The UN Palestinian refugee agency, Unrwa, said the attack caused the highest death toll among its staff in a single incident. Two airstrikes hit the school and its surroundings in Nuseirat, it said. ‘Among those killed was the manager of the Unrwa shelter and other team members providing assistance to displaced people,’ the UN agency said on X. Earlier, Israel’s military said its air force had ‘conducted a precise strike on terrorists who were operating inside a Hamas command-and-control centre’ on the school grounds, without elaborating on the outcome or the identities of those targeted. The Hamas government media office said about 5,000 displaced people were sheltering at the school when it was hit on Wednesday
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