Israel denies attack on UN refuge in Gaza that drew rebuke from Washington

The attack, which the UN said hit a vocational training centre housing 30,000 displaced people in Khan Younis, southern Gaza's main city, prompted rare outright condemnation from the United States

Palestinians try to extinguish a fire at a building of an UNRWA vocational training center which displaced people use as a shelter, after being targeted by Israeli tank shill in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip on Wednesday (Picture: AP Photo/Ramez Habboub)

Thu, 25 Jan, 2024 - 06:39

Nidal al-Mughrabi, Fadi Shana and Henriette Chacar, Reuters

The United Nations said on Wednesday that Israeli tanks struck a huge UN compound in Gaza sheltering displaced Palestinians, causing "mass casualties", but Israel denied its forces were responsible% and suggested Hamas may have launched the shelling.

The attack, which the UN said hit a vocational training centre housing 30,000 displaced people in Khan Younis, southern Gaza's main city, prompted rare outright condemnation from the United States.