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On 17 October 2023, an airstrike conducted by [[Israel Defense Forces]] struck a [[United Nations]] Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East ([[UNRWA]]) school in the [[Maghazi (camp)|Al-Maghazi refugee camp]] in the [[Gaza Strip]].<ref name="UNRWA">{{cite web |last1=Lazzarini |first1=Philippe |title=Gaza: UNRWA school sheltering displaced families is hit |url=https://www.unrwa.org/newsroom/official-statements/gaza-unrwa-school-sheltering-displaced-families-hit |publisher=[[United Nations]] & [[UNRWA| United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East]] (UNRWA) |access-date=2023-10-17 |date=2023-10-17}}</ref><ref name="Al Jazeera">{{cite web |script-title=ar:عاجل وكالة الأونروا: مقتل 6 على الأقل في ضربة إسرائيلية لمدرسة تابعة لنا في مخيم المغازي للاجئين في غزة |url=https://twitter.com/AJABreaking/status/1714316204888793586 |website=[[Twitter|𝕏]] |publisher=[[Al Jazeera]] |access-date=2023-10-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231017164521/https://twitter.com/AJABreaking/status/1714316204888793586 |archive-date=2023-10-17 |language=Arabic |format=Post on [[Twitter|𝕏]] |date=2023-10-17 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Reuters">{{cite news |title=At least 6 people killed in Israeli air strike on UNRWA school in Gaza |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/least-6-people-killed-israeli-air-strike-unrwa-school-gaza-2023-10-17/ |date=2023-10-17 |work=Reuters |access-date=2023-10-17 |archive-date=17 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231017164355/https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/least-6-people-killed-israeli-air-strike-unrwa-school-gaza-2023-10-17/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Six people were killed by the airstrike.<ref name="Reuters" /><ref name="TOI">{{cite web |last1=Magid |first1=Jacob |title='They had nowhere else to go': UN says Israeli strike on school in Gaza kills 6 |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/un-says-israeli-strike-on-school-in-gaza-kills-6/ |publisher=[[The Times of Israel|Times of Israel]] |access-date=2023-10-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231017171605/https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/un-says-israeli-strike-on-school-in-gaza-kills-6/ |archive-date=2023-10-17 |date=2023-10-17 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Gaza: UNRWA School Sheltering Displaced Families is Hit |url=https://www.un.org/unispal/document/gaza-unrwa-school-sheltering-displaced-families-is-hit/ |publisher=[[United Nations]] |access-date=17 October 2023 |archive-date=18 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231018010526/https://www.un.org/unispal/document/gaza-unrwa-school-sheltering-displaced-families-is-hit/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The UNRWA claims that at least 4,000 people had taken refuge in the school since the start of the [[2023 Israel–Hamas war|Israel-Hamas War]].<ref name="UNRWA" />
On 17 October 2023, an airstrike conducted by [[Israel Defense Forces]] struck a [[United Nations]] Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East ([[UNRWA]]) school in the [[Maghazi (camp)|Al-Maghazi refugee camp]] in the [[Gaza Strip]].<ref name="UNRWA">{{cite web |last1=Lazzarini |first1=Philippe |title=Gaza: UNRWA school sheltering displaced families is hit |url=https://www.unrwa.org/newsroom/official-statements/gaza-unrwa-school-sheltering-displaced-families-hit |publisher=[[United Nations]] & [[UNRWA| United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East]] (UNRWA) |access-date=2023-10-17 |date=2023-10-17}}</ref><ref name="Al Jazeera">{{cite web |script-title=ar:عاجل وكالة الأونروا: مقتل 6 على الأقل في ضربة إسرائيلية لمدرسة تابعة لنا في مخيم المغازي للاجئين في غزة |url=https://twitter.com/AJABreaking/status/1714316204888793586 |website=[[Twitter|𝕏]] |publisher=[[Al Jazeera]] |access-date=2023-10-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231017164521/https://twitter.com/AJABreaking/status/1714316204888793586 |archive-date=2023-10-17 |language=Arabic |format=Post on [[Twitter|𝕏]] |date=2023-10-17 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Reuters">{{cite news |title=At least 6 people killed in Israeli air strike on UNRWA school in Gaza |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/least-6-people-killed-israeli-air-strike-unrwa-school-gaza-2023-10-17/ |date=2023-10-17 |work=Reuters |access-date=2023-10-17 |archive-date=17 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231017164355/https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/least-6-people-killed-israeli-air-strike-unrwa-school-gaza-2023-10-17/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Six people were killed by the airstrike.<ref name="Reuters" /><ref name="TOI">{{cite web |last1=Magid |first1=Jacob |title='They had nowhere else to go': UN says Israeli strike on school in Gaza kills 6 |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/un-says-israeli-strike-on-school-in-gaza-kills-6/ |publisher=[[The Times of Israel|Times of Israel]] |access-date=2023-10-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231017171605/https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/un-says-israeli-strike-on-school-in-gaza-kills-6/ |archive-date=2023-10-17 |date=2023-10-17 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Gaza: UNRWA School Sheltering Displaced Families is Hit |url=https://www.un.org/unispal/document/gaza-unrwa-school-sheltering-displaced-families-is-hit/ |publisher=[[United Nations]] |access-date=17 October 2023 |archive-date=18 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231018010526/https://www.un.org/unispal/document/gaza-unrwa-school-sheltering-displaced-families-is-hit/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The UNRWA claims that at least 4,000 people had taken refuge in the school since the start of the [[2023 Israel–Hamas war|Israel-Hamas War]].<ref name="UNRWA" />


== Additional events ==
On 22 October, UNWRA confirmed that 29 of their staff had been killed since 7 October, half of whom were UNWRA teachers. The agency further added that as of 21 October nearly 180 civilians sheltering at UNRWA schools have been injured and 12 have been killed, while 38 UNRWA installations have been impacted by strikes since 7 October.<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 October 2023 |title=UNRWA SITUATION REPORT #11 ON THE GAZA STRIP AND THE WEST BANK, INCLUDING EAST JERUSALEM |url=https://www.unrwa.org/resources/reports/unrwa-situation-report-11-gaza-strip-and-west-bank-including-east-jerusalem |access-date=22 October 2023 |website=[[UNRWA]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=We are in shock and mourning.|url=https://twitter.com/UNRWA/status/1716069145882570956|date=22 October 2023|access-date=22 October 2023|website=Twitter|author=[[UNRWA]]}}</ref>
On 22 October, UNWRA confirmed that 29 of their staff had been killed since 7 October, half of whom were UNWRA teachers. The agency further added that as of 21 October nearly 180 civilians sheltering at UNRWA schools have been injured and 12 have been killed, while 38 UNRWA installations have been impacted by strikes since 7 October.<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 October 2023 |title=UNRWA SITUATION REPORT #11 ON THE GAZA STRIP AND THE WEST BANK, INCLUDING EAST JERUSALEM |url=https://www.unrwa.org/resources/reports/unrwa-situation-report-11-gaza-strip-and-west-bank-including-east-jerusalem |access-date=22 October 2023 |website=[[UNRWA]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=We are in shock and mourning.|url=https://twitter.com/UNRWA/status/1716069145882570956|date=22 October 2023|access-date=22 October 2023|website=Twitter|author=[[UNRWA]]}}</ref>


Revision as of 19:35, 6 November 2023

October 2023 UNRWA school airstrike
Part of the 2023 Israel–Hamas war
TypeAirstrike
Location
Al-Maghazi, Gaza, Palestine
Date17 October 2023; 14 months ago (2023-10-17)
Executed by Israel
Casualties6[1] killed

On 17 October 2023, an airstrike conducted by Israel Defense Forces struck a United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) school in the Al-Maghazi refugee camp in the Gaza Strip.[1][2][3] Six people were killed by the airstrike.[3][4][5] The UNRWA claims that at least 4,000 people had taken refuge in the school since the start of the Israel-Hamas War.[1]

Additional events

On 22 October, UNWRA confirmed that 29 of their staff had been killed since 7 October, half of whom were UNWRA teachers. The agency further added that as of 21 October nearly 180 civilians sheltering at UNRWA schools have been injured and 12 have been killed, while 38 UNRWA installations have been impacted by strikes since 7 October.[6][7]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Lazzarini, Philippe (17 October 2023). "Gaza: UNRWA school sheltering displaced families is hit". United Nations & United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  2. ^ عاجل وكالة الأونروا: مقتل 6 على الأقل في ضربة إسرائيلية لمدرسة تابعة لنا في مخيم المغازي للاجئين في غزة (Post on 𝕏). 𝕏 (in Arabic). Al Jazeera. 17 October 2023. Archived from the original on 17 October 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  3. ^ a b "At least 6 people killed in Israeli air strike on UNRWA school in Gaza". Reuters. 17 October 2023. Archived from the original on 17 October 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  4. ^ Magid, Jacob (17 October 2023). "'They had nowhere else to go': UN says Israeli strike on school in Gaza kills 6". Times of Israel. Archived from the original on 17 October 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Gaza: UNRWA School Sheltering Displaced Families is Hit". United Nations. Archived from the original on 18 October 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  6. ^ "UNRWA SITUATION REPORT #11 ON THE GAZA STRIP AND THE WEST BANK, INCLUDING EAST JERUSALEM". UNRWA. 22 October 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  7. ^ UNRWA (22 October 2023). "We are in shock and mourning". Twitter. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
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