Carnage at U.N. school as Israel pounds Gaza refugee camp

Carnage at U.N. school as Israel pounds Gaza refugee camp

A Palestinian girl cries while receiving treatment for her injuries caused by an Israeli strike at a U.N. school in Jebaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip, on Wednesday.

Israel killed at least 19 Palestinians sheltering in a school in Gaza's biggest refugee camp on Wednesday Some 3,000 Palestinians, including many women and children, were taking refuge in the building in Jebalya refugee camp when it came under fire around dawn, Khalil al-Halabi, director of northern Gaza operations for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) said.

"There were five shells - Israeli tank shells - which struck the people and killed many of them as they slept. Those people came to the school because it a designated U.N. shelter," he said.