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The head of the UN agency working in Gaza said that Israeli airstrikes on Thursday killed more than 20 people who had taken shelter in United Nations schools in Gaza.
The agency has received "bad news" about schools in the Jabalya and Al Shati refugee camps, which are sometimes called the beach camp, said Philippe Lazzarini, the commissioner-general of the UN Relief and Works Agency. for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).
" Over the past few hours, I have received reports that three of our schools that house about 20,000 people have been hit. This has reportedly led to the death of more than 20 people in Jabalya, and also one person in the Beach camp, " Lazzarini told CNN's Christiane Amanpour.
CNN has sought comment from the Israel Defense Forces. Reuters video on Thursday showed damage in the Jabalya camp near Gaza City. A separate five-minute video posted on Telegram shows the chaotic aftermath at the UNRWA-sponsored Jabalya Primary School. Bloodied bodies lie strewn across the floor as people scream around them.
" These are official UNWRA schools, where we host a number of displaced people in northern Gaza. These are shelters that are clearly announced ," said Lazzarini.
Those sheltering in a school in Al Shati camp, northwest of Jabalya, recounted their harrowing experience to a CNN staffer.
" The school was shelled and we started shouting. It was absolute horror ," a woman who left the school after the attack told CNN.
" We had taken shelter in the UN school thinking it would be safe. It is being destroyed. And it is mostly women and children because many of their husbands have died. They are innocent. They are innocent," said another man.
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