Gaza: Israeli School Strikes Magnify Civilian Peril

Human Rights Watch (HRW) report documenting Israeli military strikes on schools in Gaza being used as civilian shelters, presenting detailed case studies including a strike on Khadija School in Deir al-Balah and strikes in the al-Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City. HRW documents the killing of 836 Palestinians (as of the report's release) in strikes on schools used as shelters, finds that the documented attacks were unlawfully indiscriminate and carried out with US-made munitions, and examines Israel's attacks in light of the protections for civilian objects under international humanitarian law. The report is recommended for researchers in education rights, humanitarian law, and child protection. This report documents Israel's targeting of schools as shelters and provides essential evidence for accountability efforts relating to strikes on protected civilian objects.