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An Israeli air strike hit a school in central Gaza on Wednesday, with the Hamas-run territory's civil defence agency reporting that 18 people were killed, including UN staffers.
The Al-Jawni school in Nuseirat, already hit several times during the war, was struck again on Wednesday, killing 18 people, including two members of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), said Gaza's civil defence agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal.
UNRWA gave the higher figure of six staffers killed at the Nuseirat school-turned-shelter, calling it the highest death toll among its team in a single incident.
"This school has been hit five times since the war began. It is home to around 12,000 displaced people, mainly women and children," the UN agency separately posted on X. "No one is safe in Gaza."
UN chief Antonio Guterres deplored the killings, which he also said included six UNRWA colleagues. "What's happening in Gaza is totally unacceptable," he wrote on social media platform X.
"These dramatic violations of international humanitarian law need to stop now." Gaza's civil defence agency said at least 18 other people were wounded in the school bombing.
AFP could not independently verify the toll, which the agency said included several women and children.
Israel's military said its air force had "conducted a precise strike on operating inside a Hamas command-and-control centre" on the grounds of Al-Jawni, without elaborating on the outcome or the identities of those targeted.
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