Rafah Elementary Co-Ed “B” School (مدرسة رفح الابتدائية كو-إد بي) is a school in Rafah, a town in the Gaza Strip, run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA).[1] It stands 800 meters from the border with Israel and has been damaged by weapons fire on several occasions.[1]

On January 31, 2005, pupil Noran Iyad Deeb was killed by a bullet said to have been fired from the area of the Israeli-controlled border.[1][2] A second pupil was injured in the hand.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "10-YEAR OLD CHILD KILLED IN UNRWA SCHOOL IN GAZA". The Question of Palestine. United Nations. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  2. ↑ Dugard, John. "Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied by Israel since 1967" (PDF). Palestinian Centre for Human Rights. United Nations. Retrieved 19 August 2018.


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