Israeli Airstrike On Gaza School Kills Over 60 Palestinians, Officials Say

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DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli airstrike deed a school-turned-shelter successful Gaza City early Saturday, sidesplitting much than 60 people, Palestinian wellness authorities said, successful 1 of nan deadliest strikes successful nan 10-month-old warfare betwixt Israel and Hamas.

The Israeli subject acknowledged nan strike, claiming it deed a Hamas bid halfway wrong nan school.

The onslaught connected nan Tabeen schoolhouse successful cardinal Gaza City besides wounded 47 people, nan Health Ministry’s Ambulance and Emergency work said. The facility, for illustration almost each of Gaza’s schools, has been utilized arsenic a shelter for group who person been forced to fly their homes by nan war.

The onslaught deed without informing successful nan early greeting earlier sunrise arsenic group were praying astatine a mosque wrong nan school, according to Abu Anas, a witnesser who worked to rescue people.

“There were group praying, location were group washing and location were group upstairs sleeping, including children, women and aged people,” he said. “The rocket fell connected them without warning. The first missile, and nan second. We recovered them arsenic assemblage parts.”

Three missiles ripped done nan schoolhouse and nan mosque inside, wherever astir 6,000 displaced group were taking shelter from nan war, said Mahmoud Bassal, a spokesperson for nan Civil Defense first responders who run nether nan Hamas-run government.

Many of nan dormant were unrecognizable, he said, adding that he expected nan decease toll to rise. Many of nan casualties were women and children, he said.

According to nan United Nations, 477 retired of 564 schools successful Gaza person been straight deed aliases damaged successful nan warfare arsenic of July 6. In June, an Israeli onslaught connected a school sheltering displaced Palestinians successful cardinal Gaza killed astatine slightest 33 people, including 12 women and children, according to section wellness officials.

People cheque nan harm wrong a schoolhouse utilized arsenic a impermanent shelter for displaced Palestinians successful Gaza City, pursuing an Israeli onslaught connected August 10, 2024, that killed much than 90 people. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP) (Photo by OMAR AL-QATTAA/AFP via Getty Images)
People cheque nan harm wrong a schoolhouse utilized arsenic a impermanent shelter for displaced Palestinians successful Gaza City, pursuing an Israeli onslaught connected August 10, 2024, that killed much than 90 people. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP) (Photo by OMAR AL-QATTAA/AFP via Getty Images)

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Israel has blamed nan civilian deaths successful Gaza connected Hamas, saying nan group endangers noncombatants by utilizing schools and residential neighborhoods arsenic bases for operations and attacks.

In its connection Saturday, nan Israeli subject said nan schoolhouse was located adjacent to a mosque serving arsenic a shelter for Gaza City residents.

The onslaught came arsenic American, Qatari and Egyptian mediators renewed their push for nan 2 parties to execute a cease-fire agreement that could thief calm soaring tensions successful nan region pursuing nan assassination of apical Hamas governmental leader Ismail Haniyeh successful Tehran and a elder Hezbollah commandant successful Beirut.

Israel’s run successful Gaza has killed much than 39,600 Palestinians and wounded much than 91,700 others, according to nan enclave’s Health Ministry. The warfare was triggered by Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack, successful which militants from Gaza stormed into confederate Israel, sidesplitting astir 1,200 group and abducting 250 others.

More than 1.9 cardinal of Gaza’s pre-war organization of 2.3 cardinal person been driven from their homes, fleeing many times crossed nan territory to flight offensives. Most are now crowded into ramshackle shelter camps successful an area of astir 50 quadrate kilometers (19 quadrate miles) connected nan Gaza coast.