Al-Fakhura school incident

The al-Fakhura school incident was an Israeli military strike that took place during the Gaza War on 6 January 2009 near a United Nations-run school in the Jabalia Camp in the Gaza Strip. According to the UN and several non-governmental organizations (NGOs), more than 40 people were killed. Israel reported the death toll as nine Hamas militants and three noncombatants with senior IDF officers stating that the death toll published by Hamas was "grossly exaggerated". Israel stated it fired on the school in response to militant gunfire believed to be coming from al-Fakhura. A UN inquiry said that there was no firing from within the school and there were no explosives within the school, but could not establish if militants fired from the vicinity of the school.

For the 2023 Israeli attack on the same school, see Al-Fakhoora school airstrike.
Al-Fakhura school incident
Wall damaged in the shelling
LocationNear Al-Fakhura school, Jabalia Camp, Gaza Strip
Coordinates31.5377°N 34.4980°E / 31.5377; 34.4980
Date6 January 2009
Attack type
artillery shells
Deathsbetween 12 and 43
Injured55 (Chan 4, Indep)
44 (DCI)
12 (IDF)
PerpetratorsIsrael Defense Forces
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