Israeli strike on Nuseirat school kills 23 Palestinians

An Israeli strike on a UN-run school housing displaced families in central Gaza's Nuseirat refugee camp on Tuesday killed 23 people and wounded 73 others.

The strike left the school partially destroyed, with debris covering the yard and classrooms used as shelters by displaced Palestinians. 

“These were civilians who were killed. These were children who were torn up in the strike, there’s nothing left of them,” one man yelled as he showed Middle East Eye a white tarp on which body parts were being collected.

Among those killed was local journalist Mohammad Meshmesh, taking the number of journalists killed in the conflict to 160, the government media office in Gaza said.

The strike on the school left people in a state of shock, as they watched rescue workers removing bodies from under the rubble, Nuseirat resident Riyad Abu Shanab told MEE.

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