Unrwa school in south Gaza sheltering over 4,000 people bombed

A school in Gaza's southern city of Rafah run by the United Nation Relief and Works Agency (Unrwa) has "sustained severe collateral damage due to a close strike", the organisation said on Wednesday. 

The school was sheltering 4,600 forcibly displaced people, it said. One person was killed and 44 others wounded, including nine children.

Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza were forcibly ejected from northern parts of the enclave to cities like Rafah in the south.

But in the southern Gaza Strip, they continue to come under heavy Israeli bombardment.

Unrwa said that three of its staff members were killed overnight, bringing the total number of staff killed by Israeli air strikes to 38 since 7 October.

It added that it would be forced to bring much of its humanitarian operations across Gaza to a halt if fuel was not delivered urgently.