Israeli troops shelled an UNRWA-managed Ahmed bin Abdul Aziz School in southern Khan Younis, killing at least 20 people, of whom many were children. This incident came a day after another attack on a school killed 43 in northern Beit Hanoon, followed by the assault on the Civil Defence Post where the Al Jazeera cameraman was killed with five rescue personnel.
This announcement comes in a separate development where the Israeli government reported plans to double the population of Israeli settlers in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights as it seized additional territory in the aftermath of the ousting of President Bashar al-Assad from Syria.
The conflict in Gaza has been raging for a long time, with staggering casualties: at least 44,976 Palestinians killed and 106,759 injured since hostilities escalated on October 7, 2023. The initial Hamas-led attacks on that day resulted in 1,139 fatalities in Israel, alongside over 200 individuals taken captive.
