17 dead in IDF strike on school in Gaza
Search and rescue operations are ongoing after an Israel Defense Forces strike on a school in Gaza killed at least 17 people and wounded over 18 others, according to Gaza Civil Defense.
This is the fifth time the IDF has bombed this school. It was previously struck by the IDF on July 6.
Six of the people killed in the strike worked for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, according to the agency. Among those killed was the manager of the UNRWA shelter and other team members providing assistance to displaced people.
![PHOTO: A member of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees checks the courtyard of a school after an Israeli air strike hit the site, in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip on Sept. 11, 2024.](https://i.abcnewsfe.com/a/7d4de7e7-4dc4-40ba-8b02-3ad8cc0e08f7/unrwa-workers-killed-mo_1726087968550_hpMain.jpg)
About 12,000 displaced people live in the school, mainly women an children, according to the UNRWA.
The IDF, confirming the strike, claimed that the school had been used by Hamas terrorists to plan and execute attacks against Israel.