It is still unclear how many are said to have been killed in the attack.
Hamas, which described the incident as a “terrible massacre”, initially stated that 27 people had died, but later said that at least 40 people, including several children, had been killed.
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The UN agency Unrwa tells SVT Nyheter that the number of victims could reach 45 people, figures that they themselves could not verify.
“UN facilities must always be protected,” writes spokesperson Inas Hamdan in an email.
A witness speaks up AP that he carried five dead people out of the house.
– It was dark, without electricity, and we had difficulty getting the victims out, he says.
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Israel’s military, the IDF, has said that around 30 terrorists were at the premises and that they have no reports of any civilian casualties.
At the same time, they admit that civilians took shelter in connection with the building, but claim that Hamas’ activities were carried out in three separate classrooms, writes Times of Israel.
– We are very confident in our intelligence, says Peter Lerner, spokesman for the military, at a press conference, according to Reuters.
He also accused Hamas of using UN premises for military purposes, but could not answer how many of the terrorists had been killed.