#  'Where Can People Go?': Israel Kills 28 in Latest Attack on Gaza School-Turned-Shelter

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 ISRAELI WAR - An Israeli airstrike on a school in central [Gaza](https://www.commondreams.org/tag/gaza) killed at least 28 people on Thursday, including civilian men, women, and children.

The victims were among the million displaced Palestinians seeking shelter in the city of Deir Al-Balah in Gaza more than one year into Israel's assault on the enclave. The attack came after [Israel](https://www.commondreams.org/tag/israel) [issued](https://www.commondreams.org/news/israel-northern-gaza-2669366558) new evacuation orders for northern Gaza on Monday as it [escalated](https://www.commondreams.org/news/israel-northern-gaza-2669366558) its bombardment and invasion of the area, in particular the Jabalia refugee camp.

"By striking these supposed shelters, Israel is intensifying the already catastrophic situation for civilians, many of whom have nowhere left to escape," Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor [said](https://x.com/EuroMedHR/status/1844311542579232972) on social media in response to the airstrike.

"This is not just another attack—it's a systematic assault aimed at wiping out entire Palestinian family lines."

Or, as Iftekhar Hammouda, a woman sheltering at the school [asked ](https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/10/middleeast/israeli-strike-kills-at-least-28-palestinians-at-school-gaza-intl/index.html)CNN, "Where can people go? Where do they flee? They hit us at our homes, at our tents, on the streets, and at the schools."

The [Palestine](https://www.commondreams.org/tag/palestine) Red Crescent Society [wrote](https://x.com/PalestineRCS/status/1844315926868656285) on social media that it had responded to an attack on the Rafida School that killed 28 people and wounded 54.

The death toll was later verified by local hospitals, according to CNN. A rescue worker told the news agency that relatives were searching for their loved ones "in pieces."

Unverified video footage posted online included graphic images of wounded survivors as well as rescue workers handling body parts of those ripped apart by the bombing described as a "[horrific massacre](https://x.com/YousefAlhelou/status/1844315915636383898)."

One of the survivors searching for family, Ayman Abou Khousa, told CNN, "We are dying every day," adding, "The world has sold us out."

Al Jazeera [described](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/10/10/live-israel-kills-medics-in-lebanon-as-siege-on-north-gaza-enters-6th-day) the scene at Al-Aqsa Hospital, where the wounded were taken for treatment:

The situations continue to be very difficult inside the emergency department where medical staff are pretty much unable to provide any necessary medical intervention to save lives.

The bomb that was dropped by the F-16 packed with nails, packed with pieces of metals and shrapnel that cut through the flesh and caused severe bleeding.

Many of the victims arriving at the hospital, their blood filled up the courtyard of the hospital the moment the door of the ambulance vehicle opened.

In a statement [reported](https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-strike-kills-28-people-sheltering-school-central-gaza-2024-10-10/) by Reuters, the Israeli military said Thursday's bombardment was a "precise strike on terrorists" who had established a command center in the school. The Israel Defense Forces have long justified their attacks on civilian infrastructure by claiming Hamas uses schools and hospitals as staging grounds for attacks, a charge Hamas denies.

Hammouda told CNN that there was no Hamas presence at the school. Gaza's Government Media Office said the majority of those wounded or killed in the attack were women and children.

"The occupation army was aware that this school included thousands of displaced children and women who were displaced from their homes and whose civilian neighborhoods were bombed," the media office said in a statement reported by Al Jazeera. "It chose the time of the bombing at the peak time when these children and women were moving to get their daily food."

The office continued: "We condemn the Israeli occupation's commission of this new massacre and the ongoing massacres against civilians, children, and women, and we call on all countries of the world to condemn these ongoing crimes against the displaced, against civilians, against children and women."

Israel [has bombed](https://theintercept.com/2024/10/06/israel-bombing-schools-children-gaza-education/) almost 85% of the schools in Gaza since it launched its offensive on the strip following Hamas' attack on southern Israel on October 7, 2023. Recent attacks include two airstrikes last month on a United Nations school in central Gaza that [killed](https://www.commondreams.org/news/unrwa-school-bombed-again) at least 18 and a bombing of a school in Gaza City in August that [killed](https://www.commondreams.org/news/gaza-city-school-bombing) at least 12.

"Since Israel began committing genocide in Gaza, it has bombed at least 190 shelters. Places meant to be safe havens have become death traps for families forcibly driven from their homes," The Institute for Middle East Understanding (IMEU) [wrote](https://x.com/theIMEU/status/1844378982776730075) on social media.

"In the past year, Israel has deliberately targeted areas where families have taken refuge, knowing they include children and the elderly," the nonprofit continued. "This is not just another attack—it's a systematic assault aimed at wiping out entire Palestinian family lines."

IMEU added that the U.S. government was currently complicit in these attacks: "The U.S. continues to supply Israel with weapons, giving it the means to carry out these war crimes which are made possible by American support. The president must act to end Israel's genocidal campaign now."

*(Olivia Rosane is a staff writer for Common Dreams where this was first published.)*

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