in and around Gaza City this morning. little change from last few days … #Gaza

My colleague Jason Burke has just called in from Rafah, from the UN-run school which he says has been hit this morning.

I’m in Rafah in the south of the Gaza strip at the Rafah Preparatory A Boys school, a UN-run shelter. People here have told me that at around 10.30 this morning there was an explosion just outside the school gates.

A group of children and some adults were buying sweets and biscuits from hawkers. Seven people were injured and are possibly dead, or seriously injured. We will get more information from the hospital shortly.

There have been considerable air strikes overnight and this morning. Just outside the school, around eight metres from the school gatesthere is a deep penetration in the ground, which witnesses say is new. There is blood on the floor which is currently being washed away.

There are more than 2000 people seeking refuge in this school, many of them from the east of Rafah where there has been very heavy bombing since Friday, with at least 100 people thought to have been killed in the last few days.

Jason is now on his way to the hospital, and will keep us updated on this new attack on a UN-run refugee shelter.

As fighting enters the 27th day in Gaza, medics are and witnesses are saying that another UN-run school has been hit by Israel in the southern Gaza strip. At least seven people are thought to have been killed, and at