Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Schoolgirl Inside Tent Classroom in Front of Classmates in Gaza

Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian schoolgirl on Thursday while studying in a tent classroom in northern Gaza, in front of her classmates, amid ongoing attacks despite a US-backed ceasefire, after more than two years of genocide that has devastated the education system.

Nine-year-old Retaj Reihan, a third-grade student at Abu Ubaida Al-Jarrah School in northern Gaza, was attending class in a tent classroom when she was fatally shot by an Israeli bullet in front of her classmates, leaving them in profound shock.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health slammed the attack as a “brutal and horrific crime, adding to Israel’s long, dark record of atrocities,” emphasizing that it is not an isolated event but part of a continuous assault over more than two and a half years, which has killed tens of thousands of children’s lives, destroyed infrastructure, and flattened schools across the Gaza Strip.