Over 100 people were killed and dozens were injured in an Israeli strike that hit a school in Gaza on Saturday, according to the city’s civil defence agency.
The strike hit a school sheltering displaced people in the Daraj district of eastern Gaza, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA said on Saturday.
Mahmoud Basal, the agency spokesman said in a Telegram post, “Forty martyrs and dozens wounded after the Israeli bombing of the Al-Tabai’een school in the Al-Sahaba area in Gaza City”.
“The crews are trying to control the fire to retrieve the bodies of the martyrs and rescue the wounded,” he said further describing the strike as “a horrific massacre”.
The Israeli army also released a statement and said that it had “precisely struck Hamas terrorists operating within a Hamas command and control centre embedded in the Al-Taba’een school”.
Earlier on Thursday, Israeli strikes killed more than 18 people and hit two schools in Gaza City. Meanwhile, The military claimed that it had attacked Hamas command centres.
The strike hit a school sheltering displaced people in the Daraj district of eastern Gaza, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA said on Saturday.
Mahmoud Basal, the agency spokesman said in a Telegram post, “Forty martyrs and dozens wounded after the Israeli bombing of the Al-Tabai’een school in the Al-Sahaba area in Gaza City”.
“The crews are trying to control the fire to retrieve the bodies of the martyrs and rescue the wounded,” he said further describing the strike as “a horrific massacre”.
The Israeli army also released a statement and said that it had “precisely struck Hamas terrorists operating within a Hamas command and control centre embedded in the Al-Taba’een school”.
Earlier on Thursday, Israeli strikes killed more than 18 people and hit two schools in Gaza City. Meanwhile, The military claimed that it had attacked Hamas command centres.