Images show aftermath of reported strike on school site in Gazapublished at 12:03 British Summer Time
12:03 BST
Paul Brown and Richard Irvine-Brown
BBC Verify
We’ve verified video this morning which shows the aftermath of a reported Israeli strike on the site of a school near Gaza City.
Reports say Amr bin al-Ass school near Jabalia was struck. A video we’ve verified shows people carrying bodies on a road beside it. Two bloodied children are seen being taken to an ambulance while an adult on a stretcher is placed inside.
Others move more slowly as they carry away wrapped and motionless bodies. The footage also shows shows other bodies lying on the floor. The video then cuts to arrivals at a hospital.
We’ve located the first part of the video to the road immediately north-east of the school. A large, purple-blossom plant and a palm tree match those seen in the background of video verified in September 2024, again in the aftermath of a reported strike on the site.
A blue tarpaulin cover on one side of the street matches satellite imagery of the area in 2022 and 2023. The heights of nearby buildings, and their order, as well as the T-junction seen at the far end of the street confirmed the location. This also places the sun coming from the east, meaning it was filmed in the morning.
Reverse searching shows no copies cached online before the one we worked from which was posted on Telegram by a journalist known to be in Gaza. The weather – light, patchy cloud – is a match for northern Gaza this morning.