The Israeli army’s attack on Jaffa school is the latest in a series of Israeli attacks on schools turned shelters for displaced people since the war on Gaza began, Al Jazeera reports.

United Nations experts have previously described Israeli attacks on civilian institutions such as schools and hospitals as crimes against humanity.

Here is a timeline of some of the attacks:

• October 16, 2023 – An Israeli attack killed six people at a United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) school serving as a shelter was struck in the al-Maghazi camp, in central Gaza.

• December 19, 2023 – At least 15 Palestinians were killed and 30 wounded in Israeli air attacks on two schools sheltering displaced people in Gaza City.

• July 9, 2024 – An Israeli strike hit tents on the grounds of the al-Awda school in Abassan, near Khan Younis, killing at least 30 Palestinians.

• August 4, 2024 – At least 30 people killed and many others injured in Israeli strikes on two United Nations-run schools, Hassan Salama and al-Nasr schools, in the west of Gaza City.

• September 11, 2024 – Israeli forces bomb al-Jaouni school in the Nuseirat refugee camp, killing at least 18 people, including six staff members of UNRWA.

• April 3, 2025 – At least 33 Palestinians killed Israeli air attacks on three schools housing displaced people in the Tuffah neighbourhood of Gaza City.