{"id":44701,"date":"2023-11-12T11:47:27","date_gmt":"2023-11-12T19:47:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/?p=44701"},"modified":"2023-11-12T11:47:27","modified_gmt":"2023-11-12T19:47:27","slug":"over-50-bodies-pulled-from-rubble-of-gaza-school-bombed-amid-israeli-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/2023\/11\/12\/over-50-bodies-pulled-from-rubble-of-gaza-school-bombed-amid-israeli-assault\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 50 Bodies Pulled From Rubble of Gaza School Bombed Amid Israeli Assault"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Palestinian civil defense officials said Friday that more than 50 bodies were recovered from the rubble of a school in northern Gaza where civilians were sheltering when it was destroyed during overnight Israeli bombardment.<\/p>\n

Palestine’s WAFA News Agency<\/em> reported<\/a> civil defense and ambulance rescue teams removed the blasted and crushed remains of victims of Thursday night’s missile and artillery strikes on the al-Buraq School in the al-Nasr neighborhood of Gaza City. The outlet said that most of those killed were women, children, and elders.<\/p>\n

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The Times of Israel<\/em> reports<\/a> that Israel Defense Forces (IDF) officials have not yet commented on the attack.<\/p>\n

Injured survivors of the attack were rushed to al-Shifa Hospital, which was hit by Israeli airstrikes<\/a> at least four times over the past 24 hours.<\/p>\n

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As Common Dreams<\/em> reported<\/a> earlier Friday, Israeli strikes targeted the courtyard and obstetrics department of the hospital, where doctors have been forced to operate on patients without anesthesia<\/a> after running out of critical supplies to treat an overwhelming number of wounded victims. Gaza officials said 13 people died in the attacks on al-Shifa.<\/p>\n

In an interview with Al Jazeera<\/em>, al-Shifa general director Muhammad Abu Salmiya called<\/a> Friday “a day of war against hospitals.”<\/p>\n

Israeli officials have made unsubstantiated claims of Hamas fighters operating from inside or under al-Shifa and other Gaza hospitals.<\/p>\n

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On Friday Israeli warplanes bombed in the vicinity of the Indonesian Hospital in Bait Lahia \u2013 where doctors announced a cessation of surgeries \u2013 while Mustafa al-Kahlout, director of the al-Nasr hospital and al-Rantisi Children’s Hospital in northern Gaza, told<\/a> CNN<\/em> that Israeli tanks had “surrounded” the complex.<\/p>\n

Jens Laerke, spokesperson for the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, said<\/a> Friday that northern Gaza resembles “hell on Earth” due to Israel’s bombardment and a lack of aid.<\/p>\n

Nearly 200 health workers<\/a>, over 100 United Nations personnel<\/a>, and dozens of journalists<\/a> have been killed by Israeli forces during the war.<\/p>\n

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We are devastated that 101 @UNRWA<\/a> colleagues have been confirmed killed in\ud83d\udccd#Gaza<\/a> since the start of the war.<\/p>\n

Mothers, fathers, teachers, nurses, doctors, guards, logisticians, support staff, all at the service of their community.<\/p>\n

We honour their memory and their service. pic.twitter.com\/qJjHeTWa4x<\/a><\/p>\n

— UNRWA (@UNRWA) November 10, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n