Live Updates: Hamas condemns targeting of school sheltering Palestinians

Sunday, July 7, 2024

05:20 GMT — Hamas condemns targeting of school sheltering Palestinians

The Palestinian resistance group, Hamas, condemned as a “new crime” Israel's targeting of a UN agency school which shelters displaced residents in central Gaza.

“The brutal shelling carried out by the terrorist occupation army on the al-Jaouni school, run by UNRWA (UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees) and housing thousands of civilian refugees, is a massacre and a new crime committed by this criminal enemy, as part of the ongoing genocide it is waging against our Palestinian people in Gaza,” it said in a statement.

Hamas demanded that the international community and the UN “take immediate action to stop these violations and ongoing war crimes, and to take effective measures to prevent the Zionist killing machine from continuing its crimes against our defenseless people in Gaza.”

04:30 GMT — Hezbollah says it targeted Israeli Rasat al-Alam site in occupied Lebanese hills

Hezbollah announced that it targeted a site in the occupied Lebanese hills of Kafr Shuba and achieved direct hits.

The Lebanese group said on Telegram that it targeted the Rasat al-Alam site with rocket weapons.

It added that the strike was in support of the steadfast Palestinian people in Gaza.

The Israeli army did not immediately comment on the claims by Hezbollah.

04:00 GMT — 3 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrike on house in Gaza City

The Civil Defense Agency in Gaza announced the deaths of three Palestinians and injuries to 15 others in an Israeli airstrike on a house in northern Gaza City.

It said teams recovered three bodies and 15 others who were wounded from the house belonging to the Sahwil family in the Sheikh Radwan area.

Witnesses told Anadolu they heard a powerful explosion, accompanied by a large cloud of smoke.

03:20 GMT — Gaza children spend 8 hours per day carrying food, water: UN

The UN Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said Saturday that children in Gaza spend eight hours a day carrying food and water, forcing families to resort to using seawater for daily tasks.

“Children in #Gaza can spend 6-8 hours a day collecting water & food, often carrying heavy weights & walking long distances,” the agency wrote on X.

“Sanitation facilities & infrastructure are severely compromised, forcing thousands of families to rely on seawater to wash, clean & even drink,” it added.

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