Israeli attack on UNRWA clinic in Gaza kills 19: health ministry

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An Israeli air strike targeted the vicinity of a UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) medical centre in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, Al Jazeera reports, citing the enclave’s health ministry.

Israel launched a widespread bombardment across Gaza this morning, killing at least 21 people and wounding dozens more. Israel targeted a UNRWA clinic in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza.

At least 19 people were killed in the attack and many others were wounded. Nine children are among the dead, Al Jazeera quoted the director of Gaza’s health ministry as saying.

 A mourner reacts near the bodies of Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes, at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on April 2, 2025. — Reuters/Hatem Khaled
A mourner reacts near the bodies of Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes, at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on April 2, 2025. — Reuters/Hatem Khaled

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