Israel Kills 28 Refugees at School in Gaza

Effects of the Israeli bombing on the Rafida School in Deir Al Balah, Gaza, Oct. 10, 2024, X/ @gulf_news

October 10, 2024 Hour: 9:40 am

Since October 2023, Israeli occupation forces have killed at least 42,065 people and wounded 97,886 people in Gaza.

On Thursday afternoon, Israeli airstrikes killed 28 Palestinians and wounded more than 54 people who were sheltering in a school in the central Gaza Strip.

The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said that its teams responded to the casualties following the Israeli army’s targeting of Rafida School located near the PRCS headquarters in the city of Deir al-Balah. Medics said ambulance crews and the civil defense apparatus recovered the dead bodies, including children and women, some of whom were dismembered.

Meanwhile, the Israeli military justified what happened by saying that its forces had carried out a “precise strike” against militants who were inside “a command and control center” in the compound of the Rafida School in Deir al-Balah.

Since October 2023, Israeli occupation forces have killed at least 42,065 people and wounded 97,886 people in the Gaza Strip

The anguished screams of a Palestinian young man during the funeral prayer to send off his family members, who were killed in the Israeli massacre today in Rafida School in central Gaza. pic.twitter.com/Ihs480LC12
— V PALESTINE 🇵🇸 (@V_Palestine20) October 10, 2024

Meanwhile, in Lebanon, Hezbollah destroyed an Israeli tank that was advancing towards a town in southern Lebanon. “An Israeli enemy force consisting of five tanks and infantry elements attempted to advance towards the Ras al-Naqoura axis in the western sector of southern Lebanon,” members of the Islamic resistance said without providing details on the number of casualties.

In recent days, the Israeli army has paved the way for its infiltration into Lebanon with heavy artillery bombardments on the Ras al-Naqoura area and its surroundings. Zionist forces have carried out 13 airstrikes against seven villages and towns in the western and eastern sectors.

On Thursday, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said that two UN peacekeepers were wounded after an Israeli tank fired towards a watchtower at the UNIFIL headquarters in Naqoura.