Schools ‘bombed-out’ in latest Gaza escalation, says UNRWA chief

Amid reports of intensified heavy shelling in north, central and southern Gaza, the head of the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, confirmed on Wednesday that schools-turned-shelters have been “bombed-out” as a result of the latest escalation.

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Schools ‘bombed-out’ in latest Gaza escalation, says UNRWA chief

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