UNRWA spokeswoman Tamara Alrifai says the shelter that Israeli forces attacked on Thursday was housing “up to 6,000 people”.

“Originally, this was a school but since the beginning of the war, it has housed people who have been repeatedly displaced as the conflict in Gaza evolved,” she told the Democracy Now news outlet.

“The strike happened around 2am and from what we understand there are between 35 and 45 people killed, many of them are children.”