Minister van Defensie Ehud Barak, verantwoordelijk voor de Israelische oorlogsmisdaden.'Israeli strike near UN school kills at least 30
GAZA CITY, Gaza — An Israeli bombardment struck outside a U.N. school where hundreds of Palestinians had sought refuge on Tuesday, the U.N. and Palestinian medics said, killing at least 30 people _ many of them children whose parents wailed in grief at a hospital filled with dead and wounded.
An Israeli official said its soldiers came under fire from militants hiding in the school and that the building stored Palestinian munitions.
Despite international criticism over civilian deaths and calls for a cease-fire, Israeli soldiers edged closer to two major Gaza towns. A total of 58 Palestinians were killed Tuesday _ with just two confirmed as militants, health officials in Gaza said.
The explosions marked the second time in hours a U.N. school came under attack. It was the deadliest assault since Israel sent ground forces into Gaza last weekend as part of a larger offensive against the ruling Hamas militant group that has killed nearly 600 Palestinians.
Nearly half of the dead are civilians, according to U.N. and Palestinian officials.
"There's nowhere safe in Gaza. Everyone here is terrorized and traumatized," John Ging, the top U.N. official in Gaza, said after the first strike on the compound of a U.N. school killed three people in a courtyard. The school has served as a shelter for Gaza City refugees fleeing the blistering 11-day offensive.
A Palestinian rocket _ one of two dozen fired from Gaza on Tuesday _ wounded an Israeli infant.
Dr. Bassam Abu Warda, director of Kamal Radwan Hospital, said 34 people were killed in an Israeli strike outside a second U.N. school in the northern Gaza town of Jebaliya. The United Nations confirmed 30 were killed and 55 injured by tank shells.'
An Israeli official said its soldiers came under fire from militants hiding in the school and that the building stored Palestinian munitions.
Despite international criticism over civilian deaths and calls for a cease-fire, Israeli soldiers edged closer to two major Gaza towns. A total of 58 Palestinians were killed Tuesday _ with just two confirmed as militants, health officials in Gaza said.
The explosions marked the second time in hours a U.N. school came under attack. It was the deadliest assault since Israel sent ground forces into Gaza last weekend as part of a larger offensive against the ruling Hamas militant group that has killed nearly 600 Palestinians.
Nearly half of the dead are civilians, according to U.N. and Palestinian officials.
"There's nowhere safe in Gaza. Everyone here is terrorized and traumatized," John Ging, the top U.N. official in Gaza, said after the first strike on the compound of a U.N. school killed three people in a courtyard. The school has served as a shelter for Gaza City refugees fleeing the blistering 11-day offensive.
A Palestinian rocket _ one of two dozen fired from Gaza on Tuesday _ wounded an Israeli infant.
Dr. Bassam Abu Warda, director of Kamal Radwan Hospital, said 34 people were killed in an Israeli strike outside a second U.N. school in the northern Gaza town of Jebaliya. The United Nations confirmed 30 were killed and 55 injured by tank shells.'
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Die foto van Barak brengt me op een vraag: Zouden er nou discussies zijn in de Socialistishe Internationale over Gaza?
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