Light streak trail is seen as a rocket is launched from the northern Gaza Strip towards IsraelReuters
An Israeli attack on a UN school in Gaza is believed to have killed at least 20 people even as the international body's relief agency has found fresh weapon stockpile reportedly stashed by Hamas.
The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) has said it is still looking into the incident while the local media reports have confirmed the school attack.
A UN official who spoke to AFP on condition of anonymity has said at least one shell hit two classrooms in the school run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency.
The shelling is thought to have taken place in the Jabaliya refugee camp.
Meanwhile, the relief agency has confirmed the discovery of rockets piled up in a UN-run school for the third time within a week.
"We condemn the group or groups who endangered civilians by placing these munitions in our school. This is yet another flagrant violation of the neutrality of our premises. We call on all the warring parties to respect the inviolability of UN property," said agency spokesperson Chris Gunness.
Without saying who the relevant parties are, Gunness said the involved sides have been notified. The UN had not named the group responsible for hoarding arms inside its shelter on previous occasions as well.
Meanwhile, a senior Hamas figure has released an audio recording vowing more attacks on Israel, potentially disrupting the yet-elusive ceasefire.
According to the Associated Press, reclusive Hamas leader Mohammad Deif said: "We don't accept any condition of ceasefire. There is no ceasefire without the stop of the aggression and the end of the siege," adding that the Hamas fighters are "eager for death".
He said: "What the air force and your artillery shelling have failed to accomplish, will not be accomplished by ground forces. You are sending your soldiers to a definite slaughterhouse, God willing. The Zionist entity will not know security unless the Palestinian people live in peace."
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