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Israeli air strikes on UN shelter for displaced families kills at least 34
‘These dramatic violations of international humanitarian law need to stop now,’ UN chief says
An Israeli tank overlooks the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, September 11, 2024

ISRAELI air strikes across Gaza today and the day before hit a United Nations school sheltering displaced families and two homes, killing at least 34 people, including children.

An official from the world body said that six staff members of UNRWA, the UN agency supporting Palestinian refugees, were among the dead.

Air strikes by the Israeli military also targeted several towns in the occupied West Bank, killing eight people, as its attacks spread despite ceasefire efforts.

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