UN says 30 dead in artillery strike on Gaza school

The Associated Press

UNITED NATIONS — A U.N. official said 30 people died and 55 were injured when artillery shells landed at the perimeter of a U.N. school in the 11th day of the Israeli onslaught in Gaza.

John Ging, head of Gaza operations for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, said most of the casualties at the U.N. school in Jebaliya, where some 350 people had taken refuge, were outside the building. He did not say whether the artillery came from Israeli forces.

Palestinian medics said 34 people died in an Israeli strike. It was the second strike on a U.N. school within hours.

An Israel official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he said the army is still drafting the country’s official response to the incident, said Palestinian militants fired on Israeli soldiers from the school’s courtyard. He said soldiers returned fire and multiple explosions went off, presumably emanating from munitions stored there.

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