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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Bethan McKernan in Jerusalem and Malak A Tantesh in Gaza

‘This has to stop’: plea by survivors of deadly IDF strike on school in Gaza

Man in foreground and child in background in severely damaged building
The aftermath of Saturday’s Israeli strike on a school sheltering displaced people in Gaza City. Photograph: Mahmoud Issa/Reuters

Early on Saturday morning, Louay Nasser decided to perform the dawn prayer in the classroom he and his family are living in at Tabeen school in Gaza City, rather than go across the courtyard to the mosque. That decision may have saved his life.

As soon as he stood up to start praying, there was what he described as a “bright red light” and the sound of a strong explosion. The 30-year-old ran outside to see what had happened and froze in shock at the scene before him.

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