Al Azhar condemns Israeli brutal bombing of Tabi'in school in Gaza

CAIRO – 10 August 2024: Al-Azhar Al-Sharif, Egypt’s top Islamic Sunni Institute, strongly condemned the brutal bombing by Zionist occupation forces at dawn on Saturday of the Al- Tabi'in school, which was housing displaced persons in the Al-Daraj neighborhood east of Gaza City. The attack occurred while the displaced were performing the dawn prayer, killing over 100 Palestinians and dozens more seriously injured.

Al-Azhar condemned the treacherous and criminal act that targeted innocent civilians, including women, children, and the elderly, as they were performing the dawn prayer, Al Azhar said, adding that all human languages ​​are unable to express the cruelty, heinousness and barbarity of this crime, wihch completely devoid of mercy and humanity.

Al-Azhar emphasized that this enemy has gone to great lengths in its aggression, killing the weak and innocent, starving them, and destroying their homes and shelters. This ongoing violence occurs under the watch of an international community that remains paralyzed and unable to confront the terrorism of this brutal entity and its supporters.

Al-Azhar, while condemning this criminal terrorist attack, extends its prayers for the martyrs of the massacre and offers condolences to their families. It calls on all people of conscience worldwide to continue applying pressure on this terrorist entity by all available means to halt its daily crimes and acts of genocide against the people of Palestine.

Al-Azhar warned that history will not be kind to those who are complacent or silent in the face of these heinous crimes.

The Director General of the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza stated that the massacre at the Tabi'in School constitutes a war crime in every sense of the term.

The Palestinian Civil Defense reported that the Al-Tabi'een School, which was attacked at dawn today, was housing approximately 2,400 people. The school was hit by three missiles, including at least one Mk-84 missile, which weighs 2,000 pounds.

Meanwhile, Egypt strongly condemned the Israeli bombing of the Al-Tabi'in School, which was housing displaced Palestinians in the Al-Daraj neighborhood east of Gaza City. The Israeli attack killed more than 100 Palestinian civilians and left dozens injured.

In a press release issued on Saturday, Egypt denounced the ongoing Israeli attacks on civilians in the Gaza Strip, highlighting a severe disregard for international and humanitarian law. Egypt called for a unified and effective international response to protect the Palestinian people and end the attacks on defenseless civilians.

Egypt stated that the ongoing large-scale crimes and the deliberate killing of unarmed civilians, even as mediation efforts intensify to reach a ceasefire, clearly demonstrate a lack of political will from the Israeli side to end the conflict. This situation perpetuates the severe human suffering of Palestinians amid an international humanitarian crisis that the global community has been unable to resolve.

Egypt stressed that it will continue its diplomatic endeavors and intensive contacts with all influential parties internationally, to ensure the access of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip by all means and methods, and to work to reach a ceasefire, no matter how much hardship it may endure or obstacles it may face.

Israel also attacked several places in the Gaza Strip, killing more people over the last 24 hours; It attacked Jabalia al-Balad in north of the Strip, west of the Nuseirat camp in central Gaza Strip, and tents for the displaced on al-Mazra'a Street in Deir al-Balah Governorate, central Gaza Strip.