Israel's monster mocks humanity again.
Genocidal Benjamin Netanyahu carried out his second attack on a UN school in less than a week this morning; again, he killed sleeping children; this time, ten people were killed and 30 Palestinians wounded by a missile supplied by the United States; UNICEF stated yesterday that almost 300 children have died since the beginning of the offensive; the UN wants this war criminal to be tried and punished; will it also be necessary to try Barack Obama, Netanyahu's accomplice, for the carnage?
247 - A new attack by Israeli forces on a UN school housing refugees in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, left at least ten people dead and another 30 wounded early this morning. In total, 40 Palestinians died this Sunday morning following Israeli airstrikes in the region.
This was the second attack ordered by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on a United Nations school. The last This has generated condemnations from the UN Director-General, Ban Ki-moon, and the President of the United States, Barack Obama, who has been complicit with the genocidal Netanyahu in the killings in Gaza.
UNICEF, the United Nations Children's Fund, stated yesterday That 296 children have already been killed since the beginning of Israel's offensive in Gaza. "Children represent 30% of civilian victims," said the Organization. The UN advocates for the trial of the mastermind behind the genocide. It remains to be seen whether Obama, Israel's main ally in the war, will also be tried as an accomplice.
Below are Reuters reports on today's attack and Israel's threats to Hamas:
Israeli attack leaves at least 10 dead at UN school in Gaza.
GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - At least 10 people were killed and 30 wounded in an Israeli air strike on a UN school in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, witnesses and medical teams said, as Israel maintained its offensive against the region.
The Israeli army said it is investigating the attack, which struck its second school in less than a week.
According to witnesses and doctors, a missile fired from an airplane hit the entrance of the school in the city of Rafah.
Palestinians from the region, where Israeli troops are fighting militants, had taken refuge in the building.
On Wednesday, at least 15 Palestinians who had taken refuge in a UN school in the Jabalya refugee camp were killed in fighting, and the UN said it appeared that Israeli artillery had hit the building. The Israeli military said that gunmen had fired mortars from the school, and soldiers responded with gunfire.
Earlier on Sunday, an Israeli attack left at least 30 dead in the Gaza Strip, a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to maintain pressure against Hamas, even though the army had completed its main mission, which is to destroy a network of tunnels used to attack Israel.
Ashraf Goma, a Fatah leader and resident of Rafah, said the Israeli army was bombarding the city from the air, land, and sea, and residents were unable to care for the wounded and dead.
"The bodies of the wounded are bleeding in the streets, and there are bodies in the streets, with no one able to rescue them."
(By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Ari Rabinovitch)
Israel says Hamas will pay a heavy price for further attacks.
JERUSALEM/GAZA (Reuters) - Israel will continue fighting Hamas in the Gaza Strip even after the army completes its mission to destroy border tunnels used by Palestinian militants to attack its territory, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday.
An Israeli television station showed live images of tanks being withdrawn from Gaza in an apparent reduction of the 25-day campaign, while Netanyahu said Hamas will pay an "intolerable price" if it continues attacking Israel.
Israel launched its air and naval offensive against Gaza on July 8, after Hamas rockets crossed the border.
The exchange of bombs continued into early Saturday, raising the death toll in Gaza, as tallied by Palestinian officials, to 1,675, most of them civilians.
Israel confirmed that 63 soldiers died in combat, and Palestinian bombs also killed civilians in Israel.
Netanyahu made these comments as Israel signaled it was withdrawing on its own terms, saying it would not travel to Cairo to discuss a new truce.
In some areas of Gaza, witnesses saw Israeli tanks retreating back to the border, while the Israeli army gave permission for Palestinians who had fled a city to return.
Israel's main objective in its incursion into Gaza last month was to destroy Hamas's tunnel network, and the IDF (Israel Defense Forces) said that this is close to being achieved.
More than 30 tunnels and dozens of access points were discovered and were being blown up, a military official said.
"Our understanding is that our objectives, especially the destruction of the tunnels, are close to being completed," said military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Peter Lerner.
Netanyahu said in a televised speech that military action would continue even if that objective were achieved.
"After completing the anti-tunnel operation, the IDF will act and continue to act, according to security needs, and only according to our security needs, until we achieve our objectives of restoring security for you, the Israeli citizen," he said.
(By Giles Elgood and Nidal al-Mughrabi)