LIVE UPDATES: Israel Carries Out Deadly Strike Inside UN School In Gaza

Doha, Qatar: Atleast 32 have been reportedly killed and dozens injured after an Israeli strike on a UN school sheltering displaced people in Nuseirat refugee camp in Gaza.

Meanwhile the Israeli military confirmed that its fighters jets targeted an UNRWA school in the area.

Watch this page for more live updates:

[8:20am Doha Time] Death toll from Israeli strike on school in Nuseirat rises

At least 32 people are now confirmed dead following the Israeli air strike on a school sheltering displaced people in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, according to the Wafa news agency.

Meanwhile in response to Israel's claim that its attack on a shelter for displaced people in the Nuseirat refugee camp was targeted at Hamas fighters, Gaza Government Media Office spokesman Ismail al-Thawabta told Reuters:

Israel is using“false fabricated stories to justify the brutal crime it conducted against dozens of displaced people”.

[8am Doha Time] 'Horrible massacre' in Nuseirat refugee camp is evidence of 'genocide': Gov't media office

Gaza's Government Media Office has described the Israeli attack that killed dozens of people sheltering at a school in the Nuseirat refugee camp as“clear evidence” of“genocide and ethnic cleansing”.

Ismail al-Thawabta, a spokesperson from the media office, described the attack as a“horrible massacre” and said that women and children were among those killed.

“Huge numbers of dead and wounded are still arriving at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, which is filled with wounded patients three times beyond its clinical capacity,” al-Thawabta added.

[7am Doha Time] UN warns of disease threat as 'mountains of trash' fester in Gaza heat

The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) has warned that“deadly diseases could soon run rampant” in the Gaza Strip, where people are living“alongside mountains of trash and raw sewage”.

UNICEF executive director, Catherine Russell, made the warning alongside a video posted to social media, which featured children scavenging among high mounds of waste rotting in the open beside an encampments for Gaza's displaced people.

Russell and the video warn that waste mountains are piling up across the Gaza Strip due to Israel's war on the territory, the destruction of civilian infrastructure and the suspension of basic services such as waste collection.

The threat of disease has increased“with summer heat and lack of water, food and health care”, Russell said.

“The war must stop,” she adds.

[5am Doha Time] Israeli military admits attack on UNRWA school

The Israeli military has confirmed that it bombed a UN school shelter in what appears to be the same attack that has killed at least 29 people in the Nuseirat refugee camp.

Israel's military said its fighter jets attacked a UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) school that was being used by the“terrorist organisation Hamas”.

The military added that“many steps were taken to reduce the chance of harm to those not involved”.

MENAFN06062024000063011010ID1108303393