CAIRO, July 14 Israeli strikes on women and children in Gaza Strip represent a clear challenge to the international community and disregard for UN demands, the Palestinian Hamas movement said.
Earlier, the Gaza government media office reported that the death toll in the Israeli shelling of a UN Relief Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) school in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip had risen to 15.
Hamas said in a statement that the Israeli attack on the school was «a continuation of the genocide of the Palestinian people and an attack on civilian women and children.»
“This is a clear Zionist challenge to the international community and a disregard for the demands of the UN, which emphasized the need to stop the aggression against our people,” the statement noted.
On October 7, 2023, Israel was subjected to an unprecedented rocket attack from the Gaza Strip. After this, fighters from the Palestinian Hamas movement entered the border areas, opened fire on military and civilians, and took more than 200 hostages. According to authorities, about 1.2 thousand people died.
The Israel Defense Forces launched Operation Iron Swords in the Gaza Strip, which includes attacks on civilian targets. Israel announced a complete blockade of the enclave: supplies of water, electricity, fuel, food and medicine were stopped. According to the Gaza Ministry of Health, the death toll in Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip since October 7 has exceeded 38 thousand, and 88.8 thousand people have been injured.
The Gaza Strip was actually divided into southern and northern parts. On the night of May 7, IDF ground forces entered Rafah, located on the border with Egypt. The city itself is considered the last stronghold of Hamas.
The Russian Foreign Ministry called on the parties to stop hostilities. According to Moscow's position, a settlement is possible only on the basis of a formula approved by the UN Security Council with the creation of a Palestinian state within the 1967 borders with its capital in East Jerusalem.