EU’s Borrell: ‘No justification’ for Israeli strikes on Gaza schools

BRUSSELS, Belgium — EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell expresses horror at a deadly strike by Israel on a school housing displaced people in Gaza.

“Horrified by images from a sheltering school in Gaza hit by an Israeli strike, with reportedly dozens of Palestinian victims. At least 10 schools were targeted in the last weeks. There’s no justification for these massacres,” Borrell writes on X.

The Gaza Strip’s Hamas-run civil defense agency said over 90 people were killed in Saturday’s airstrike, describing the incident as a “horrific massacre.” The IDF said it targeted a terrorist command room inside the building, and expressed heavy skepticism toward the claim, saying the numbers appeared to have been inflated.

Horrified by images from a sheltering school in Gaza hit by an Israeli strike, w/ reportedly dozens of Palestinian victims.

At least 10 schools were targeted in the last weeks. There’s no justification for these massacres

We are dismayed by the terrible overall death toll. 1/2

— Josep Borrell Fontelles (@JosepBorrellF) August 10, 2024