The death toll from the Israeli army’s attack on a school belonging to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in Nusayrat Refugee Camp in the central Gaza Strip rose to 39.

In a statement released by the government’s media office in Gaza earlier, it was stated that 27 people were killed according to the first determinations. It was noted that the bodies arrived at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital and dozens of wounded were brought in.

