Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has condemned an Israeli strike on a school-turned-shelter for displaced Palestinians in Gaza and said that the attack upon a children’s school was an “open aggression and barbarity which had no precedent in history.”

In a statement on Saturday, the premier said: “Israel has crossed all limits in its open aggression.”

More than 100 Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded in an Israeli strike on a Gaza school sheltering displaced people, the territory’s government said on Saturday.

The strikes hit when people sheltering at the school were performing dawn prayers, leading to many casualties, the media office said in a statement. Medics had not yet been able to reach all the bodies, it said.

The prime minister called upon the international community, including the United Nations, to take “practical steps” to stop the Israeli aggression.

PM Shehbaz reiterated Pakistan’s demand holding the leadership of Israel and its armed forces accountable for the “genocide” of Palestinians and war crimes.

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“Israel should be given strict punishment for its gruesome crimes,” he said and stressed upon implementation of a verdict of the International Court of Justice against Israel.

The prime minister also reaffirmed Pakistan’s “all-out moral and diplomatic support” to the Palestinian brothers and sisters. He prayed for the high ranks of people who lost their lives in the attack and expressed condolences to the bereaved families.