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Gaza school shelter hit by Israeli airstrike as displaced families slept

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Multiple people were killed and others injured following an Israeli airstrike on a school sheltering displaced civilians in Al-Bureij refugee camp, central Gaza on Tuesday. Adnan Wishah, a displaced Palestinian living in the camp, said his family members were just sleeping when explosions shook the area, setting everything on fire and burning innocent civilians. Another displaced Palestinian, Mohammed Abu Jabr, added that the school was hit by drones, with powerful blasts killing and injuring many. The Palestinian death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to 57,575, with 136,879 injured since the conflict between Hamas and Israel erupted on October 7, 2023, Gaza's health authorities said in a statement on Tuesday. Shotlist: Gaza Strip - July 8, 2025: 1. School shelter on fire; 2. Various of displaced people retrieving items from ruins left over by Israeli bombardment; 3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Adnan Wishah, displaced Palestinian: "We and our children were sleeping. Suddenly, a loud sound erupted. Boom! Boom! Boom! We thought it was inside our tent. We jumped up and started running. We found the whole area in flames. We live at the far end of the school. One was shouting, 'My son is downstairs,' another, 'My daughter is upstairs.' And someone else was yelling, 'Help them!' People were burned and charred here. People were charred here. They hadn't done anything wrong. As you can see, it's just displaced people's tents in the middle of a school. They don't even have a decent place to stay in. They burned everything down on us. As for those who claim that UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East) locations are safe, Look! This was either a warplane wing or a drone. Only God knows what they used to bomb us. People were sleeping peacefully. They had done nothing. As you can see, look! People are collecting what's left. People were completely burned."; 4. Man clearing debris; 5. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Mohammed Abu Jabr, displaced Palestinian: "This incident was targeting displaced people. It was hit by suicide drones. Three drones in total. We were near the location at the time of the three explosions in the camp. We were shocked to find that the targets were the tents of displaced people inside a shelter school. The attack left a number of people martyred or several injured. And there was a massive fire at the site. The explosion was extremely, extremely powerful, to the point where people thought it was an air strike by warplanes. But in reality, it was a suicide drone strike. That's what happened."; 6. Displaced people retrieving items from ruins left over by Israeli bombardment. [Restriction - No access Chinese mainland]

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