October 2024 Abu Hussein school attack

October 2024 Abu Hussein school attack
Part of the second battle of Jabalia and attacks on schools during the Israel–Hamas war
Abu Hussein school is located in the Gaza Strip
Abu Hussein school
Abu Hussein school
LocationJabalia refugee camp, Gaza Strip
Date17 October 2024
TargetUNRWA-run Abu Hussein school
Attack type
Airstrike
Deaths28+ Palestinians
Injured160+ Palestinians
Perpetrator Israel Defense Forces

On 17 October 2024, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) bombed the UNRWA-run Abu Hussein primary school, which had been turned into a shelter for Palestinians displaced by the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, in Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip. The airstrike killed at least 28 Palestinians and wounded 160 others.[1]

  1. ^ "Israeli strike on school sheltering displaced families in Jabalia kills 28". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-10-17.