Field reports confirmed the killing of 32 Palestinians due to Israeli airstrikes that hit various areas of the Gaza Strip since the early hours of Wednesday. Among the victims were 16 individuals who lost their lives when a school sheltering displaced persons in the Al-Tuffah neighbourhood, east of Gaza City, was bombed.
Medical sources documented that the bombing of Al-Karama School, which was housing displaced Palestinian families, resulted in the deaths of 16 people, with search operations ongoing to locate those missing beneath the rubble. This marks the second such attack in two days; 33 Palestinians were killed and 73 injured during two strikes on Abu Hmaysa School in Al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip, according to documented data.
In Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, an airstrike killed eight people, including a young girl, with others reported missing following the bombing of the Al-Qidra family home in the city centre. Meanwhile, a Palestinian man and his wife were killed in a strike targeting their home in Bani Suhaila town, east of Khan Younis.
In the central Gaza Strip, reports confirmed that three Palestinians, including a child, were killed when a displacement camp in eastern Deir al-Balah was bombed. In northern Al-Nuseirat camp, field reports indicated that Israeli forces continued to detonate residential buildings.
In northern Gaza Governorate, medical sources confirmed that three people were killed and others wounded following an Israeli airstrike targeting a home in the Tel al-Zaatar area, east of Jabalia camp, with two additional strikes reported elsewhere in the governorate.
Documented data shows that the targeting of civilian infrastructure, including schools and homes sheltering displaced families, constitutes a grave breach of international humanitarian law, particularly the rules protecting civilians during armed conflict under the Geneva Conventions and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Field facts indicate a worrying escalation in attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure, underscoring the urgent need for immediate measures to protect civilians under international law principles.
We urgently call upon the international community to ensure the respect and enforcement of international humanitarian law and to stop all attacks targeting civilians and civilian structures. We also call on the UN Security Council and the High Contracting Parties to the Geneva Conventions to take effective steps to hold perpetrators accountable and to guarantee urgent protection for Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip.
