Many casualties reported in Israeli attack on UN school in Gaza

By Nathan Morley

Reports say more than 35 people were killed in the attack. Dozens of others were injured in the air strike targeting a school housing displaced people in the Nuse-irat camp in the central Gaza Strip.

According to some international reports, an Israeli fighter plane bombed at least three classrooms with missiles.

Israel’s military confirmed it had “conducted a precise strike on a Hamas compound” and killed many of the 20 to 30 fighters holed inside.

Hamas condemned the incident as a "terrible massacre".

Elsewhere, the Israel Defense Forces have destroyed a tunnel in Rafah, which they said was used by ‘terrorists for force build-up and terror activities.’

Secretary-General of League of Arab States calls for cease-fire

Separately, the Secretary-General of the League of Arab States (AL) Ahmed Aboul-Gheit has called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. He made the remarks during his meeting with Cyprus’ Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos in Cairo.

Gheit praised the efforts of Cyprus in transporting aid shipments via a new maritime corridor to the Gaza Strip from Larnaca.

More than 36,000 people have lost their lives in Gaza since the start of the war, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.

The conflict began in October when Hamas gunmen launched a brutal attack on Israel, killing about 1,200 people and seizing 252 hostages.