'Children torn to pieces': Airstrike on Gaza school kills 28 displaced people
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At least 28 displaced people, including women and children, have been killed in an Israeli airstrike on a school-turned-shelter in central Gaza, while hospitals in the north are ordered to evacuate, amid a major Israeli aggression. | The air raid targeted Rafidah School in Deir al-Balah, which was housing over 1,000 displaced people, on Thursday. According to medics, the strike killed 28 Palestinians and wounded 54 others.
💬 “We were sitting in peace, in front of the school,” Abu Hamza, who was taking refuge at the site, told Middle East Eye, adding that, a huge explosion “broke through three floors of the building” suddenly. “The people took refuge here because it was meant to be safe. But there are no safe places. The Israelis are liars,” he said.
Describing the aftermath of the blast, the 34-year-old Nahed al-Zaneen, who teaches displaced children in tents near Rafidah School, said “I get out and all I see is shreds of bodies all over the floor. Heads blown up, innocent children scattered across the floor.”
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