Authorities in Gaza said Israeli bombs hit the school-turned-shelter as people were praying and triggered a fire.
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Israel used 2,000 pound bombs to hit al-Daraj school: Gaza Media Office
Ismail al-Thawabta, head of Gaza’s Government Media Office, tells Al Jazeera that the Israeli army used three bombs weighing 2,000 pounds (907kg) each in its attack on the al-Tabin school in Gaza City’s al-Daraj neighbourhood.
The attack has killed at least 100 people by the most recent count, with that number expected to rise as al-Ahli Hospital struggles to cope with the severe injuries that resulted from the attack.
Al-Thawabta added that Israel was aware of the presence of displaced people inside the school.
‘No place is safe’ is the ‘understatement’ of war on Gaza
The situation is Gaza is absolute desperation.
You have a population of over 2 million people. Half of them children. They are starved as a matter of policy, as we have seen from several independent UN reports.
Israel has systematically decimated the health infrastructure in Gaza by targeting hospitals, by targeting health workers, killing hundreds of doctors and nurses, detaining many of them, some dying of torture in Israeli detention camps.
And because the civilian infrastructure has been decimated we have seen the outbreak of polio, which was eradicated from Gaza in the late 1980s. We’ve seen almost endemic levels of hepatitis A affecting children and the elderly, with some dying because of the lack of medication.
We are talking about a situation that is beyond desperate.
In that context, you have the entire population – almost – displaced several times over the past 10 months. Moving from one place to another and the bombs following them from one place to another.
So, ‘No place is safe’ is the understatement of this war.
‘Deliberate’ attack during morning prayers shows nothing ‘can limit Israeli military’
Even from an aerial view, it’s clear that people were doing nothing but performing prayers.
So, it’s a deliberate attack.
Not only is it deliberate against civilians but it is a violation of people’s religious rites as they were in a time considered sacred time while performing prayers at this particular time of the day, in the early hours.
It gives an indication that there is nothing that can limit the Israeli military from continuing its attacks.
Al-Ahli Hospital cannot cope with injuries streaming in from Gaza school attack
There is a huge influx of people pouring into the hospital after the attack on Gaza City’s al-Tabin school. Many of those arriving are in critical condition.
But [al-Ahli Hospital] lacks enough staff and medicine, so it cannot provide adequate medical care. It’s on the brink of collapse. Among the people arriving are children and women. Many are arriving either soaked in blood or already pronounced dead.
There are over 100 dead and the number continues to go up.
Meanwhile, paramedics and volunteers are still working to remove bodies from the bombed site. They are struggling as the bombs that were dropped on the school also set fire to the facility.
Such bombs are packed with nails and shrapnel. When they explode, they not only cause a fire to break out, but their flying pieces cut through flesh.
Footage of the attack that we saw showed people being picked up from the ground in pieces.
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