Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai expressed distress responding to a post by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) about Israeli air strikes on a Gaza school that killed 18 people, including six UN workers.

“I am appalled that Israel keeps targeting schools in Gaza — where thousands of displaced people are sheltering — with indiscriminate strikes,” she said in a post on X.

She added, “My heart goes out to the loved ones of all victims, including the UN aid workers who were tragically killed.”

The education activist called for an immediate ceasefire stating, “schools and humanitarian workers must never be targets. There must be accountability for violations of international law, and there must be a ceasefire now.”