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On Saturday, the Israeli occupation forces committed a massacre at the Al-Fakhoura school of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), in Jabalia refugee camp, north of Gaza, which shelters thousands of displaced people.

Palestinian medical and local sources said the Israeli army shelled al-Fakhoura school, killing and wounding dozens at the school.

The sources pointed out that the bodies of the martyrs cover the corridors of the school, and there is difficulty in transporting the large number of martyrs.

The Ministry of Health in Gaza said that hundreds of martyrs and wounded were killed in two massacres of the occupation in the schools of Al-Fakhoura and Tal Al-Zaatar.

Initial estimates indicate that dozens were killed as a result of the new massacre, in Al-Fakhoura School, while journalist Imad Zaqout told Al Jazeera that about 200 martyrs were killed in the new massacre.

According to medical sources, dozens of martyrs from the Al-Fakhoura massacre arrived at the Indonesian hospital.


Testimonials and scenes

A photojournalist for Al Jazeera documented private scenes from inside Al Fakhoura School, where the footage showed the state of destruction and severe damage caused to the school after the Israeli shelling.

Al Jazeera also obtained special testimonies from inside Kamal Adwan Hospital for displaced persons injured as a result of the massacre committed by the occupation army against them in Al-Fakhoura School in the northern Gaza Strip.

The displaced said they were subjected to Israeli shelling inside the school and were not reached by ambulances and rescue crews as a result of the outage.

The photographs show that the majority of the victims were children and women, as they were crammed inside the sections of the Kamal Adwan Medical Complex.

Medical staff are trying to provide first aid and medical care to the injured with limited means.

UNRWA media adviser Adnan Abu Hasna told Al Jazeera: "We inform the Israeli side daily of the locations of our schools and IDP centres."

The remains of children and women are lying on the ground. The occupation commits a new massacre in the #الفاخورة school, which shelters thousands of refugees in Jabalia refugee camp, north of #قطاع_غزة

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Commenting on the Israeli bombardment of the school, Hamas said: "We will not leave this land and you will be held accountable for your massacre in Al-Fakhoura and your ongoing crimes against children and civilians, long or short."

The Palestinian Foreign Ministry said in a statement that "the massacre of Al-Fakhoura School proves that Israel's declared war on civilians aims to empty the entire northern Gaza Strip of any Palestinian presence."

The Israeli shelling targeted the Al-Fakhoura school on the fourth of this month, killing and wounding dozens.

Al-Fakhoura School is the largest school in Jabalya camp and has been bombed more than once in recent years. In 2009, the occupation bombed it, which led to the death of more than 40, and in 2014, the occupation returned to bomb it, killing more than 10 displaced people.

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