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| Israel-Gaza conflict: Air strike on UN school kills at least 10 Palestinians and wounds 30 | Israel-Gaza conflict: Air strike on UN school kills at least 10 Palestinians and wounds 30 |
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| Another UN-run school in Gaza has reportedly been struck by an Israeli air strike, killing at least 10 people who had been sheltering there from the fighting. | |
| Palestinian witnesses and health workers said around 30 more were wounded when the entrance to the facility was struck by a missile fired from an aircraft. It is the second reported strike on a UN-operated school in less than a week. | |
| Hundreds had been sheltering in the building in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah, where the death toll rose to more than 100 in 24 hours yesterday. | Hundreds had been sheltering in the building in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah, where the death toll rose to more than 100 in 24 hours yesterday. |
| The Israeli military has told people in the north of Gaza that they can return to their homes, as the operation to destroy Hamas’s system of cross-border tunnels started to wind down. | The Israeli military has told people in the north of Gaza that they can return to their homes, as the operation to destroy Hamas’s system of cross-border tunnels started to wind down. |
| But it is a different story in Rafah, where the bombardment was ramped up following the death of three Israeli soldiers in an ambush suicide bombing. | But it is a different story in Rafah, where the bombardment was ramped up following the death of three Israeli soldiers in an ambush suicide bombing. |
| The military declined to comment on today’s attack, which came as the British Foreign Secretary, Philip Hammond, said the conflict had become “intolerable”. | The military declined to comment on today’s attack, which came as the British Foreign Secretary, Philip Hammond, said the conflict had become “intolerable”. |
| Last Wednesday, at least 15 Palestinians at a UN school in the Jabalia refugee camp were killed during fighting, with UN observers saying it appeared an Israeli artillery shell had hit the building. | Last Wednesday, at least 15 Palestinians at a UN school in the Jabalia refugee camp were killed during fighting, with UN observers saying it appeared an Israeli artillery shell had hit the building. |
| Then, the military said gunmen had fired from mortars placed near the school and that the army had shot back in response. | Then, the military said gunmen had fired from mortars placed near the school and that the army had shot back in response. |
| Palestinians aid injured people on the ground following an Israeli military strike on a UN school in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip (AFP) Speaking after the Labour party leader Ed Miliband accused David Cameron of getting it “wrong” with Britain’s position on the Gaza conflict, Mr Hammond told The Sunday Telegraph: “The British public has a strong sense that the situation in Gaza is simply intolerable and must be addressed - and we agree with them. | Palestinians aid injured people on the ground following an Israeli military strike on a UN school in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip (AFP) Speaking after the Labour party leader Ed Miliband accused David Cameron of getting it “wrong” with Britain’s position on the Gaza conflict, Mr Hammond told The Sunday Telegraph: “The British public has a strong sense that the situation in Gaza is simply intolerable and must be addressed - and we agree with them. |
| “There must be a humanitarian ceasefire that is without conditions. We have to get the killing to stop.” | “There must be a humanitarian ceasefire that is without conditions. We have to get the killing to stop.” |
| Downing Street accused Mr Miliband of “playing politics” and insisted the Prime Minister had always been clear that both sides in the conflict should observe a ceasefire. | Downing Street accused Mr Miliband of “playing politics” and insisted the Prime Minister had always been clear that both sides in the conflict should observe a ceasefire. |
| The row began with the Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, after he warned that the Israeli assault on Gaza appeared “disproportionate” in response to Hamas’s rocket attacks. | The row began with the Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, after he warned that the Israeli assault on Gaza appeared “disproportionate” in response to Hamas’s rocket attacks. |
| Israel has now lost 63 soldiers and three civilians in the conflict, its highest death toll since the 2006 war in Lebanon. | Israel has now lost 63 soldiers and three civilians in the conflict, its highest death toll since the 2006 war in Lebanon. |
| The UK's Department for International Development said that since the Israeli offensive began on 8 July, 136 schools - some serving as shelters - 24 hospitals and clinics and 25 ambulances have been damaged or destroyed, while eight UN aid workers and at least two Palestinian Red Crescent volunteers have now been reported as killed. | The UK's Department for International Development said that since the Israeli offensive began on 8 July, 136 schools - some serving as shelters - 24 hospitals and clinics and 25 ambulances have been damaged or destroyed, while eight UN aid workers and at least two Palestinian Red Crescent volunteers have now been reported as killed. |
| Local officials in Gaza say more than 1,650 Palestinians have now been killed in the conflict, the majority of them civilians, while more than 8,000 people have been wounded. | Local officials in Gaza say more than 1,650 Palestinians have now been killed in the conflict, the majority of them civilians, while more than 8,000 people have been wounded. |