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Arab News
a day ago
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- Arab News
Ten Palestinians killed in Israeli attack on school in Gaza's Khan Younis
CAIRO: An Israeli airstrike on a school housing displaced Palestinian families killed at least 10 people, including children, on Wednesday, local health authorities said. Residents said Israeli military escalated airstrikes and tank shelling on parts of Khan Younis, a day after it dropped leaflets warning residents to leave their homes and head west, saying forces would fight Hamas and other militants in those areas.
Al Arabiya
a day ago
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- Al Arabiya
At least 10 killed in Israeli attack on school in Gaza's Khan Younis
An Israeli airstrike on a school housing displaced Palestinian families killed at least 10 people, including children, on Wednesday, local health authorities said. Residents said Israeli military escalated airstrikes and tank shelling on parts of Khan Younis, a day after it dropped leaflets warning residents to leave their homes and head west, saying forces would fight Hamas and other militants in those areas.
CBS News
27-05-2025
- Health
- CBS News
Tiny girl who emerged from flames of Israeli strike on Gaza school-turned-shelter says "fire filled the sky"
What to know about the controversial aid group beginning operations in Gaza Harrowing cell-phone video shows the tiny silhouette of Ward Al-Sheikh Khalil trudging through rubble, her make-shift shelter engulfed in flames around her, after an Israeli strike hit the school where she and her family had fled to escape the war raging around them in the Gaza Strip. Khalil, just five years old, survived. Her mother and five of her siblings did not make it out of the burning building. When she returned to the scene of the attack, she found her sister's abandoned flip-flop and broke down sobbing. "They all died after a rocket fell on top of them," she told CBS News' team in Gaza through tears. "The rocket came down and the place was on fire. The fire was raging. It burned my arm." "The fire filled the sky and the ground," she said. "I was asleep, but I came out from the fire. When I came out, I did not find my dad. They took me to the Baptist Hospital, and I saw dad on the way, in the ambulance. I saw him. He had many wounds on his face." "Dad is alive, and my brother Seraj is alive, and I am alive. That's all. But all my other siblings are dead," the little girl, held in the arms of her uncle, told CBS News. "I wish we could get together again." Ward Al-Sheikh Khalil, 5, a Palestinian girl who survived an Israeli strike on the Fahmi al-Jarjawi School in Gaza City where she was sheltering with her displaced family, is seen amid the ruins of the school the next day, held by her uncle, May 26, 2025. Anadolu/Getty The Israeli strike took place in the middle of the night. The Israel Defense Forces said the target was a Hamas command and control center inside the school building. Rescuers in the Hamas-controlled Palestinian Territory said the strike killed 33 people. European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen called the attack "abhorrent" on Tuesday during a call with Jordan's King Abdullah II, according to a readout of the call from the EU cited by the French news agency AFP. "The expansion of Israel's military operations in Gaza targeting civilian infrastructure, among them a school that served as a shelter for displaced Palestinian families, killing civilians, including children, is abhorrent," von der Leyen said, according to the EU. "The European Commission has always supported — and will continue to support — Israel's right to security and self-defense. But this escalation and disproportionate use of force against civilians cannot be justified under humanitarian and international law." Palestinians comb the area following an Israeli airstrike at dawn on a school in the al-Daraj neighborhood of Gaza City that killed more than 30 people on May 26, 2025. Dawoud Abo Alkas/Anadolu/Getty Khalil's uncle, Iyad Mohamed el-Sheikh Khalil, holding his niece, told CBS News that his whole family had been displaced by the war, including his brother who had sought shelter with his wife and children at the school in Gaza City's Daraj neighborhood. When he heard reports of a strike on the school, he immediately tried to make contact. "Some pictures were released in the media. When I looked at them, I saw Ward with the Civil Defense. I immediately knew that it was my niece," he said. "When I came, I saw that the bodies of my brother's family were all charred and torn to pieces. It took a while to locate the body of her (Ward's) elder brother, Abed, so that we could bury them all together. It was a horrific scene." He worried about the lasting impact of living through such trauma on Gaza's children, including his niece. "When they come out of such bombardment and such war, how do you want children to feel? They must be in a terrible psychological state. Even we are in a terrible psychological state," he told CBS News. Ward al-Sheikh Jalil, who survived an Israeli attack on the Fahmi al-Jarjawi School in Gaza City, is seen in the ruins of the building, where she found slippers that belonged to her and her siblings, May 26, 2025. Anadolu/Getty Amid the bombings, Palestinians in Gaza also face a critical struggle to find food, after a nearly three-month-long Israeli blockade on all humanitarian goods entering the territory. Under pressure from its allies, including the U.S., Israel began allowing some humanitarian goods into Gaza last week, but aid agencies say it's not nearly enough to meet the needs of the enclave's roughly 2 million inhabitants. The newly established U.S.- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation also said it began distributing food on Monday. The GHF said Tuesday that it had distributed a total of about 462,000 meals over two days of operation. The United Nations and other aid organizations have objected to the group's methods, calling it a distraction. "Even when they bring aid, nothing reaches us," Islam Abu Taemia said while scavenging for food with her child in Gaza this week. "We're like stray dogs collecting food from trash. If we don't, we starve."
Daily Mail
27-05-2025
- General
- Daily Mail
Girl seen running through burning school after Israeli bombing raid in clips that have fueled global outrage
A child is seen running through a burning building after it was bombed in a deadly Israeli strike on Gaza in harrowing video images. The overnight attack, one of 200 on the embattled enclave in the past 48 hours, killed more than 30 people. World leaders have condemned the assault on the Fahmi al-Jarjawi school in Gaza City, which had been housing displaced Palestinians, after the video emerged. SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO Disturbing: Footage shared widely online reportedly shows a small child running from the fire after the strike on the Fahmi al-Jarjawi school site in Gaza City The school was targeted as part of 200 attacks on Gaza in the past 48 hours, Israel's military confirmed. Pictures and videos of fires tearing through the building and the destruction in the aftermath have since circulated online. Footage showing a little girl running through the building, which Al Jazeera and other outlets claim to have verified, was shared by Israeli national broadcaster Kann News before being deleted. It is not clear if the child in the video escaped the blaze. Other images from the site, where displaced families had been sheltering, show the badly burned corpses of adults and children. In the hours since, Gaza's Hamas-run government has said that some 18 children were among those killed in the attack, which it condemned it as a 'brutal massacre.' In a statement, it said Israel has been 'deliberately and systematically' targeting shelters for displaced people 'in a flagrant violation of all international and humanitarian laws, and in a blatant attempt to inflict the largest possible number of civilian casualties.' The Israeli military said it had 'struck key terrorists who were operating within a Hamas and Islamic Jihad command and control center embedded in an area that previously served as the 'Faami Aljerjawi' School.' It claimed that 'numerous steps were taken to mitigate the risk of harming civilians.' Deadly assault: Overnight Israel launched a strike on a school in the territory which had been sheltering displaced people, with rescuers saying at least 20 were killed in the attack On Monday afternoon, the Israel army issued a far-reaching evacuation order for much of the southern Gaza Strip, warning people to move to the Mawasi area on the coast. 'The IDF will launch an unprecedented attack to destroy the capabilities of terror organizations [in this area],' the military's Arabic-language spokesman, Col Avichay Adraee, said on X. He added that the evacuated area is considered 'a dangerous combat zone' and that the coastal area would be designated a 'safer zone.' Overall, more than 50 people have been killed in attacks since dawn on Monday, according to Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry. Responding to recent Israeli attacks in an interview, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said they are taking a humanitarian toll on civilians that can no longer be justified as a fight against terrorism. 'Harming the civilian population to such an extent, as has increasingly been the case in recent days, can no longer be justified as a fight against Hamas terrorism,' he told broadcaster WDR in a televised interview. He added he planned to hold a call with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week to tell him 'to not overdo it,' though for 'historical reasons', Germany would always be more guarded in its criticism than some European partners. The UN said on Sunday that at least 3,785 people had been killed in Gaza since a ceasefire collapsed on March 18, taking the overall death toll to 53,939 - most of whom are civilians. Hamas's October 2023 attack on Israel that triggered the war resulted in the deaths of 1,218 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on official figures. Palestinian terrorists also took 251 hostages, 57 of whom remain in Gaza, including 34 who the Israeli military says are dead. Donald Trump has said he wants to end the war in Gaza 'as quickly as possible', with sources reportedly suggesting that he could announce a ceasefire 'within the coming days.' Counting the cost: Palestinians inspect the area following an Israeli airstrike at dawn on the Fahmi al-Jarjawi School in the al-Daraj neighborhood of Gaza City 'We want to see if we can stop it. And we've talked to Israel, we want to see if we can stop this whole situation as quickly as possible,' the US President told reporters as he boarded Air Force One. Meanwhile, Sky News Arabia and other news outlets in the region cited sources as saying that there is a growing likelihood that Trump will announce a ceasefire in the coming days. It would come as part of a deal that would include the release of Israeli hostages, the anonymous 'knowledgeable sources' reportedly said. Israel has been intensifying its offensive in Gaza over recent weeks, at the same time as its three-month blockade of humanitarian supplies into the war-ravaged strip has sharpened international condemnation. The day before, Israeli strikes killed 22 people and wounded dozens more across the Palestinian territory, the Gaza civil defense agency said. Arab and European nations gathered yesterday to seek an end to the conflict while Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares called for an arms embargo on Israel. He also called for humanitarian aid to enter Gaza 'massively, without conditions and without limits, and not controlled by Israel', describing the territory as humanity's 'open wound.'
Daily Mail
26-05-2025
- Politics
- Daily Mail
Harrowing moment little girl is seen running through burning school after deadly Israeli strike on Gaza - as Trump calls for bloodshed to stop 'as quickly as possible'
Harrowing video reportedly shows a child running through a burning building in Gaza after it was bombed by Israel, in an overnight attack which left more than 30 people dead, according to rescuers. The Fahmi al-Jarjawi school in Gaza City, which has been housing displaced Palestinians, was targeted as part of 200 attacks on the devastated enclave in the past 48 hours, Israel's military said. Pictures and videos of fires tearing through the building and the destruction in the aftermath have since circulated online, with the scenes prompting condemnation from around the world. Footage showing a little girl running through the building, which Al Jazeera and other outlets claim to have verified, was shared by Israeli national broadcaster Kann News before being deleted. It is not clear if the child in the video escaped the blaze. Other images from the site, where displaced families had been sheltering, show the badly burned corpses of adults and children. In the hours since, Gaza's Hamas-run government has said that some 18 children were among those killed in the attack, which it condemned it as a 'brutal massacre'. In a statement, it said Israel has been 'deliberately and systematically' targeting shelters for displaced people 'in a flagrant violation of all international and humanitarian laws, and in a blatant attempt to inflict the largest possible number of civilian casualties'. The Israeli military meanwhile said it had 'struck key terrorists who were operating within a Hamas and Islamic Jihad command and control centre embedded in an area that previously served as the 'Faami Aljerjawi' School'. It claimed that 'numerous steps were taken to mitigate the risk of harming civilians'. On Monday afternoon, the Israel army issued a far-reaching evacuation order for much of the southern Gaza Strip, warning people to move to the Mawasi area on the coast. 'The IDF will launch an unprecedented attack to destroy the capabilities of terror organizations [in this area],' the military's Arabic-language spokesman, Col. Avichay Adraee, said on X. He added that the evacuated area is considered 'a dangerous combat zone' and that the coastal area would be designated a 'safer zone'. Overall, more than 50 people have been killed in attacks since dawn on Monday, according to Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry. Responding to recent Israeli attacks in an interview today, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said they are taking a humanitarian toll on civilians that can no longer be justified as a fight against terrorism. 'Harming the civilian population to such an extent, as has increasingly been the case in recent days, can no longer be justified as a fight against Hamas terrorism,' he told broadcaster WDR in a televised interview. He added he planned to hold a call with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week to tell him 'to not overdo it,' though for 'historical reasons', Germany would always be more guarded in its criticism than some European partners. The UN said on Sunday that at least 3,785 people had been killed in Gaza since a ceasefire collapsed on March 18, taking the overall death toll to 53,939 - most of whom are civilians. Hamas's October 2023 attack on Israel that triggered the war resulted in the deaths of 1,218 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on official figures. Palestinian terrorists also took 251 hostages, 57 of whom remain in Gaza, including 34 who the Israeli military says are dead. Donald Trump has said he wants to end the war in Gaza 'as quickly as possible', with sources reportedly suggesting that he could announce a ceasefire 'within the coming days'. 'We want to see if we can stop it. And we've talked to Israel, we want to see if we can stop this whole situation as quickly as possible,' the US President told reporters as he boarded Air Force One. Meanwhile, Sky News Arabia and other news outlets in the region cited sources as saying that there is a growing likelihood that Trump will announce a ceasefire in the coming days. It would come as part of a deal that would include the release of Israeli hostages, the anonymous 'knowledgeable sources' reportedly said. Israel has been intensifying its offensive in Gaza over recent weeks, at the same time as its three-month blockade of humanitarian supplies into the war-ravaged strip has sharpened international condemnation. The day before, Israeli strikes killed 22 people and wounded dozens more across the Palestinian territory, the Gaza civil defence agency said. Arab and European nations gathered yesterday to seek an end to the conflict while Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares called for an arms embargo on Israel. He also called for humanitarian aid to enter Gaza 'massively, without conditions and without limits, and not controlled by Israel', describing the territory as humanity's 'open wound'. It comes after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Sir Keir Starmer and the leaders of France and Canada of siding with Hamas after they shared a joint statement issued last week denouncing Israel 's 'disproportionate' escalation. Monday's joint statement had been welcomed by Hamas, who described the stance as 'an important step' in the right direction toward restoring the principles of international law. At the weekend, Gaza rescuers were struggling to retrieve bodies from the rubble after a series of Israeli strikes. In one home in Jabalia, in the north, seven people were killed and several others stuck under debris, Bassal said. 'The civil defence does not have search equipment or heavy equipment to lift the rubble to rescue the wounded and recover the martyrs,' the spokesman said. Two more people, including a woman who was seven months pregnant, were killed in an attack targeting tents sheltering displaced people around Nuseirat in central Gaza, he said, adding that doctors were unable to save the unborn child. Deadly strikes were also recorded around Deir el-Balah in the centre of the territory, Beit Lahia in the north and the main southern city of Khan Yunis. The civil defence agency said on Saturday that an Israeli strike in Khan Yunis killed nine children of a pair of married doctors, with the Israeli army saying it was reviewing the reports. Israel has in recent days partially eased a blockade that was imposed on March 2, which exacerbated widespread shortages of food and medicine in Gaza. COGAT, the Israeli defence ministry body that coordinates civilian affairs in the Palestinian territories, said that '107 trucks belonging to the UN and the international community carrying humanitarian aid... were transferred' into Gaza on Sunday. But critics charge that this is nowhere near enough, especially as many of the aid trucks end up being looted. The World Food Programme has called on Israel 'to get far greater volumes of food assistance into Gaza faster', saying: 'Hunger, desperation and anxiety over whether more food aid is coming is contributing to rising insecurity.' The head of a controversial US-backed NGO preparing to move aid into Gaza also announced his abrupt resignation on Sunday. Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) executive director Jake Wood said he felt compelled to leave after determining that the organisation could not fulfil its mission in a way that adhered to 'humanitarian principles'. The GHF has vowed to distribute about 300 million meals in its first 90 days of operation. But the United Nations and traditional aid agencies have already said they will not cooperate with the group, amid accusations it is working with Israel.
