A Catholic school in Gaza under the
auspices of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem has been hit by
an Israeli air strike, the headteacher said on Saturday.
"This morning Israeli strikes hit the Rosary Sisters School in
the area of Tel al-Hawa, damaging the large outdoor courtyard
and causing damage to the surrounding buildings," Sister Nabila
Saleh told the Catholic news agency SIR.
"A short while ago, the three young men who were in the school
to guard against looting alerted me to the bombing," added the
nun, who is currently displaced and sheltering in the Church of
the Holy Family in Gaza.
"The shelling is ongoing and so it is impossible to go and
survey the damage," she said.
The school had 1250 pupils, the majority of whom were Muslim.
Photo: Displaced Palestinians shelter in the compound of the
Catholic Church of the Holy Family in Gaza.
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