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加沙一处难民营遭以色列袭击 Tank fire has killed at least 15 Palestinians sheltering at a school in a Gaza refugee camp, the UN says. 联合国表示，加沙一处难民营的学校遭坦克袭击，造成至少15位在此避难的巴勒斯坦人死亡。 ? Witnesses at the UN-run Abu Hussein school, where thousands were taking refuge, said walls had been destroyed. ? Israel, which has accused the militant group Hamas of using schools as bases to launch rockets, said it was investigating the reports. ? At least 1,200 Palestinians and 55 Israelis have been killed since Israel launched its offensive on 8 July. ? Most of the Palestinian deaths have been civilians. ? Some 53 Israeli soldiers have been killed along with two civilians. A Thai worker in Israel has also died. ? The Israelis launched its offensive in Gaza on 8 July after a surge in rocket fire from the territory. ? Hamas, which controls Gaza, says it will not stop fighting until the blockade, maintained by both Israel and Egypt, is lifted. ? Bob Turner from the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) told the BBC that the attack on the school in the Jabaliya refugee camp came without warning. ? He said the Palestinians had been told to take refuge at the school as a safe area from the fighting. ? A reporter for the Associated Press said there was a large round hole in the ceiling of a classroom and another in one of the bathrooms.? ? In another classroom, the strike had blown out the front wall, AP reported. ? Mr Turner said early indications suggested the school was hit by multiple explosive projectiles. ? Gaza health ministry spokesman Ashraf Al-Qidra accused the Israelis of attacking the school and gave a much higher death toll. 1