Palestinians attempt to extinguish a fireplace at a constructing of an UNRWA vocational coaching heart that displaced folks use as a shelter on Jan. 24, 2024.

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Palestinians attempt to extinguish a fireplace at a constructing of an UNRWA vocational coaching heart that displaced folks use as a shelter on Jan. 24, 2024.

Ramez Habboub/AP

RAFAH, the Gaza Strip — People injured at a United Nations facility within the Gaza metropolis of Khan Younis that was hit by shells earlier this week are recounting harrowing tales of the assault.

The U.N. stated 13 folks have been killed and 56 injured within the strike. The constructing, which is a part of a coaching complicated run by the U.N. company for Palestinian refugees, also called UNRWA, was sheltering 800 folks.

Nahed Tanteesh, who was displaced to the middle three months in the past, stated he was struck below his left eye with a bit of shrapnel. He stated he was on the ground taking part in together with his 4-month-old grandchild after morning prayers when he was stunned with taking pictures ache.

“It felt like my head burst with a pipe and I was bleeding from the nose,” he stated.

Tanteesh was evacuated to a medical facility in Rafah after leaving via a secure hall from the middle.

The Israeli army stated in an announcement that the assault was not from an Israeli aerial or artillery strike, and that they have been inspecting whether or not it may have come from Hamas.

Israeli troops stated on Tuesday that that they had encircled Khan Younis and have been battling a few of Hamas’ hardest fighters.

Nahed Tanteesh’s son, Abdullah, stated they have been asleep early within the morning after they have been awoken instantly by loud booms and taking pictures.

“For six or seven hours there was shooting and explosions, it was unbelievable,” he informed NPR. “We were under fire for four days, praying the entire time, lying on the ground.”

Abdullah Tanteesh stated that he carried his bleeding father whereas operating across the heart to search for assist. He ultimately introduced his father to the middle’s administration workplace.

“There was a person in charge of security there, with U.N. armor, and we begged, please help us!” he stated. “But they told us, ‘We are just like you, we are trapped like you and can’t go anywhere.'”

He stated he was capable of lastly go away the ability to search out assist via what he known as a so-called security hall.

Abdullah Tanteesh additionally stated that he has witnessed the funeral of at the least 10 folks.

“I saw a woman with her head cut off, and another with insides exposed,” he stated. “They took the bodies to a warehouse in the center, wrapped them in blankets, we prayed, and they just dug up a hole in the ground and put them all in there together.”

Thomas White, the director of the UNRWA’s mission in Gaza, stated in an announcement on Wednesday that the deteriorating security circumstances in Khan Younis are the results of a constant failure of worldwide humanitarian legislation, and known as for the hostilities to cease.