Israel blows up Israa university in Gaza after using it as military base

The Israeli occupation forces have detonated the main headquarters of Israa University in the city of Al-Zahra, in the southern Gaza Strip on Wednesday, January 17, after using it as a military base for its operations.

A video clip shared on social media shows the moment the university was blown up.

In a statement published on



Facebook, the university said, “The administration of Israa University denounces the barbaric aggression that targeted the capabilities of its students, the most recent of which was the bombing of the main graduate studies and bachelor’s colleges building south of Gaza City, about seventy days after the Zionist forces occupied it and using it as a military base for its vehicles.”