▲ The attack on the school building left seven dead, including women and children.Photo Afp
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La Jornada Newspaper
Sunday, December 15, 2024, p. 20
Loop. One day after the deadly attack in Nuseirat, Israel continues its bombing campaign on a day that left at least 17 Palestinians killed, adding to the 44,930 fatalities since the start of the war, the Ministry of Health reported. gazati.
One of the attacks left seven dead, including women and children, at a school run by the United Nations Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) in western Gaza City, which served as a shelter for displaced people, said Mahmod Basal. , spokesperson for the Civil Defense, to the AFP agency.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF), through a statement, announced that the explosive devices were sent to the school building, as it supposedly housed a Hamas command center.
According to the text, Hamas used the center for the purpose of planning terrorist attacks against the IDF in the strip and in Israeli territory in the near future.
The school, like many others managed by UNRWA, had been transformed into an improvised shelter for those displaced by the conflict, which began more than 14 months ago.
In another attack during the afternoon, a bombing of buildings in the municipality of Deir al Balah, in central Gaza, killed the city’s mayor, Diab al-Jarw, and at least nine other people, authorities reported. of the enclave.
The IDF confirmed that they attacked the mayor in the Deir al Balah humanitarian zoneand they accused him of being agent of the military wing of Hamas.
The Palestinian National Council (PNC) described this offensive as a flagrant violation of all international laws and norms and a deliberate attack on defenseless civiliansindicated the Anadolu agency.
What is happening in Gaza is a humanitarian crime of great magnitude that reflects the brutality of the occupation and the silence of the world in the face of the suffering of an oppressed and besieged people.added the CNP.
The number of journalists killed in attacks by Tel Aviv in Gaza since October 7, 2023 increased to 195, as a result of an air offensive in the enclave, the Palestinian Journalists Forum reported in a bulletin.
In Lebanon, since last November 27, the number of violations by Israel of the ceasefire agreement exceeded 215 violations, with 30 dead and 31 injured, Lebanese authorities reported.
During a meeting with Arab ambassadors in Italy, the prime minister of the acting government, Najib Mikati, emphasized that the Lebanese army began deployment in the south, with the aim of expanding the authority of the national legitimacy.
The main challenge at this stage, according to Mikati, is to force the committee in charge of monitoring the implementation of the ceasefire to pressure Israel to stop its violations and withdraw its forces from Lebanese territory.
Meanwhile, the Israeli Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, called for the establishment of permanent checkpoints on the roads of the reoccupied West Bank.
