The al-Fakhura School incident refers to events that took place nearby a United Nations run school of al-Fakhura located in the Jabaliya refugee camp in the Gaza Strip on January 6, 2009 during the Gaza War. In response to alleged militant gunfire coming from beside the school, the IDF fired upon the targets that the UN and several NGOs say killed 42, 41 of them civilians, and that according to the IDF killed 9 Hamas militants and 3 noncombatants. In April 2009, PCHR listed 12 people as killed "near" the school and another 8 "opposite" the school. Several people listed as civilians in the PCHR report are claimed by Hamas as its fighters according to Israeli think tank ICT. In the last week of January, the UN explicitly clarified that no deaths occurred within the building itself and that t
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| - The al-Fakhura School incident refers to events that took place nearby a United Nations run school of al-Fakhura located in the Jabaliya refugee camp in the Gaza Strip on January 6, 2009 during the Gaza War. In response to alleged militant gunfire coming from beside the school, the IDF fired upon the targets that the UN and several NGOs say killed 42, 41 of them civilians, and that according to the IDF killed 9 Hamas militants and 3 noncombatants. In April 2009, PCHR listed 12 people as killed "near" the school and another 8 "opposite" the school. Several people listed as civilians in the PCHR report are claimed by Hamas as its fighters according to Israeli think tank ICT. In the last week of January, the UN explicitly clarified that no deaths occurred within the building itself and that t
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| - The damaged school after the attack
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| - The al-Fakhura School incident refers to events that took place nearby a United Nations run school of al-Fakhura located in the Jabaliya refugee camp in the Gaza Strip on January 6, 2009 during the Gaza War. In response to alleged militant gunfire coming from beside the school, the IDF fired upon the targets that the UN and several NGOs say killed 42, 41 of them civilians, and that according to the IDF killed 9 Hamas militants and 3 noncombatants. In April 2009, PCHR listed 12 people as killed "near" the school and another 8 "opposite" the school. Several people listed as civilians in the PCHR report are claimed by Hamas as its fighters according to Israeli think tank ICT. In the last week of January, the UN explicitly clarified that no deaths occurred within the building itself and that the rounds struck the street outside the school. A "clerical error" in UN reports had previously stated otherwise. Several news reports initially stated that the attack directly hit the school itself, and that the victims had taken refuge there to escape the fighting between the IDF and Palestinian militants. The response, before it was learned that the school itself was not attacked, lead to a renewed push for a cease-fire in the Gaza War. The attack had created a public outcry and prompted condemnation from Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki Moon, members of the news media, and international aid agencies. Numerous testimonies from local residents confirmed later that militants fired mortars from a location close to the school compound and that there were no fatalities inside the school.
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