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Gaza school hit by Israeli airstrike has killed 30 people. Rescuers: We can only dig with our bare hands

2024-08-05

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The official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported on the 4th that the Israeli army launched air strikes on two schools in western Gaza City that day. The Gaza Civil Defense Department said,The attack has left at least 30 people dead and many injured

The IDF issued a statement on the 4th saying that the target of the attack was Hamas militants hiding in school buildings. The IDF used precision ammunition and took a number of measures to reduce civilian casualties.Eyewitnesses said that the people living in these two schools were displaced persons.The Israeli airstrike was powerful, causing heavy casualties among the people in and around the school.Most of the dead were women and children

Rescuer Yusuf:Rescue work is still ongoing. As you can see,We don't have the equipment to dig through the rubble to rescue the wounded, so we can only dig by hand, searching for the wounded and the dead.

Survivors of the airstrikes said they had had enough of the endless bombing and just wanted an early end to the conflict.

Abdullah, an airstrike survivor:That's what happened,We were sitting safely in the school. Suddenly, a missile landed here and another missile landed at another school nearby., these two schools have housed displaced civilians, including children. We have been searching for the bodies of children for the past hour. This is so unfair. How long will this situation continue? We are tired. Enough is enough.

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