The UN Human Rights Office has said that the Israeli attack on al-Tabin school in Gaza City earlier today was “conducted with apparent disregard for the high rate of civilian fatalities”, Al Jazeera reports.

“This is at least the 21st strike on a school, each serving as a shelter, that the UN Human Rights Office has recorded since July 4,” the OHCHR said in a statement

“These strikes have resulted in at least 274 fatalities, including women and children.

“Despite [Israeli army] statements that all measures are taken to avoid civilian harm, the repeated strikes on IDP shelters in areas to which the populations have been forced to move, and the consistent and predictable impact on civilians, suggest a failure to strictly comply with obligations required by International Humanitarian Law.”