IDF looking into UN school incident

30 July 2014, 7:12 am

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The IDF says it is looking into the incident in which a shell apparently hit a UN school in Gaza, killing 20 people.

An AFP correspondent says that at least one shell hit the school — the outer wall of the complex was damaged by shellfire — and in a bombed-out classroom people are picking body parts off a blood-soaked floor.

An official for the UN’s Palestinian refugee agency, who requested anonymity, confirms the strike, saying it hit a bathroom and two classrooms inside the UNRWA girls’ school.

AFP adds that the army had begun heavy tank shelling in the area a couple of hours prior to the incident.