Several Israeli tank shells slammed into a crowded UN school used as shelter for refugees in the Gaza war early on Wednesday, killing at least 15 people and wounding 90.
Updated: July 30, 2014, 12:00 AM
In pictures: Israeli shelling on Gaza UN school kills at least 15
A Palestinian woman whose husband was killed during the Israeli ground offensive, embraces her son after finding him alive at the hospital. Finbarr O’Reilly / Reuters
A Palestinian girl, wounded during the shelling. Mohammed Abed / AFP Photo
A Palestinian man cries following the assault. Mohammed Abed / AFP Photo
A boy cries while receiving treatment for injuries. Khalil Hamra / AP Photo
Several Israeli tank shells slammed into the crowded UN school used as shelter for refugees in the Gaza war early on Wednesday, a Palestinian health official and a U.N. official said. Khalil Hamra / AP Photo
Ashraf Al-Kidra, a Palestinian health official, said at least 15 people were killed and about 90 wounded. Finbarr O’Reilly / Reuters
The deadly strike came a day after Israel unleashed its heaviest air and artillery assault in the bloodiest day of the three-week Gaza war, destroying key symbols of Hamas control, shutting down the territory’s only power plant and leaving at least 128 Palestinians dead. Mohammed Salem / Reuters
An animal belonging to displaced Palestinians sheltered at a UN school in Gaza City lies dead in a improvised corral after the area, including a UN school, was hit by shelling on July 30, 2014. Marco Longari / AFP Photo
A Palestinian man hugs his father who was wounded in the attack. Mohammed Abed / AFP Photo