The United States last night joined the United Nations in condemning Israel after tank shells tore apart a school refuge in Gaza killing 15 men, women and children and injuring more than 100. The victims, who had fled their homes after warnings from Israel’s military and were sheltering in the school, were killed yesterday morning when two classrooms were destroyed. UN officials said they had told the Israeli military 17 times that the school in Gaza’s biggest refugee camp was a shelter for Palestinian civilians fleeing fighting in the coastal strip. Scroll down for video Palestinians search for victims in a classroom at Abu Hussein U.N. school in Jebaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza, after tank shells tore it apart  killing 15 men, women and children and injuring more than 100
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The victims had all fled their homes after being told to leave by Israeli forces
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UN officials say they told the Israelis 17 times that the school was a shelter
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Later 15 more Palestinians were killed by an airstrike on a crowded market
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