Fifteen killed in Gaza school, Hamas rockets found next to classrooms

A UN school in Gaza’s Jabaliya refugee camp was shelled by the Israeli military early on Tuesday morning, killing 15 and leaving a further 90 wounded, according to Gaza health officials.

The school was being used by hundreds of Palestinians as a shelter to escape the fighting, said Adnan Abu Hasna, a spokesman for the UN aid agency, UNRWA.

The number of dead on the Palestinian side now stands at 1,250 while 56 Israelis have also been killed since the conflict began 23 days ago.

UNRWA also admitted in a press release that it had found Hamas rockets stored in one of its schools – the third such occasion in three weeks.