A member of the United Nations checks a UN-run school housing displaced people that was hit during the Israeli bombardment in Nuseirat refugee camp on Jun 7, 2024. The conflict has killed thousands, laid waste to much of the Gaza Strip, uprooted most of its 2.4 million people and put them at risk of starvation.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres described the strike as"horrific", while Egypt's foreign ministry spokesman Ahmed Abu Zeid condemned what he called the"deliberate bombing of an UNRWA school". Israel accuses Hamas and its allies in Gaza of using schools, hospitals and other civilian infrastructure, including UN-run facilities, as operational centres - charges the militants deny.
The Israeli military said it"eliminated dozens of terrorists" in eastern Bureij and Deir al-Balah, where a hospital source said a strike on the Wafati home in nearby Maghazi camp killed six people. "Gunfire on Salaheddin Street has severely restricted people's movement, and several wounded people have been evacuated from the area," he told AFP.
But Beirut-based senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan cast doubt on the proposal, calling it"just words".Major sticking points include Hamas insisting on a permanent truce and full Israeli withdrawal - demands Israel has rejected.