Israeli Strike On A School In Gaza Kills At Least 27 People, Palestinian Health Officials Say | rssama.com

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DEIR AL BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli airstrikes killed astatine slightest 100 Palestinians crossed the Gaza Strip connected Thursday, including 27 aliases much sheltering astatine a schoolhouse successful nan north, according to Palestinian aesculapian authorities, successful a stepped-up offensive that Israel’s subject said is intended to put caller unit connected Hamas and yet expel nan militant group.

The bodies of 14 children and 5 women were recovered from nan schoolhouse successful nan Tuffah vicinity of Gaza City and nan decease toll could emergence because immoderate of nan 70 wounded sustained captious injuries, said Health Ministry spokesperson Zaher al-Wahidi. More than 30 different Gaza residents were killed successful strikes connected homes successful nan adjacent vicinity of Shijaiyah, he said, citing records astatine Ahli Hospital.

The Israeli subject said it struck a “Hamas bid and power center” successful nan Gaza City area, and said it took steps to lessen harm to civilians. Israel gave nan aforesaid logic — striking Hamas militants successful a “command and power center” — for attacking a United Nations building utilized arsenic a shelter a time earlier, sidesplitting astatine slightest 17 people.

People and Palestinian rescuers tally for screen arsenic Israeli onslaught hits a schoolhouse successful nan al-Tuffah neighbourhood successful Gaza City connected April 3, 2025. Gaza's civilian defence agency said astatine slightest 21 group were killed connected April 3 successful an Israeli aerial onslaught connected a schoolhouse serving arsenic a shelter for group displaced by nan war.
People and Palestinian rescuers tally for screen arsenic Israeli onslaught hits a schoolhouse successful nan al-Tuffah neighbourhood successful Gaza City connected April 3, 2025. Gaza's civilian defence agency said astatine slightest 21 group were killed connected April 3 successful an Israeli aerial onslaught connected a schoolhouse serving arsenic a shelter for group displaced by nan war.

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Hamas condemned nan onslaught connected nan school, calling it a “ heinous massacre” of guiltless civilians.

The strikes came arsenic Israel’s subject ordered much residents successful parts of bluish Gaza to move westbound and southbound to shelters, informing that it planned to “work pinch utmost unit successful your area.” A number of nan Palestinians leaving nan targeted areas did truthful connected foot, pinch immoderate carrying their belongings connected their backs and others utilizing donkey carts.

“My woman and I person been stepping for 3 hours covering only 1 kilometer,” said Mohammad Ermana, 72. The couple, clasping hands, each walked pinch a cane. “I’m searching for shelters each hr now, not each day,” he said.

Israel has issued sweeping removal orders for parts of bluish Gaza up of expected crushed operations. The United Nations humanitarian agency said astir 280,000 Palestinians person been displaced since Israel ended nan ceasefire pinch Hamas past month.

The caller removal orders came a time aft elder authorities officials said Israel said it would prehend ample parts of nan Palestinian territory and establish a caller information corridor crossed it. To unit Hamas, Israel has imposed a month-long blockade connected food, substance and humanitarian assistance that has near civilians facing acute shortages arsenic supplies dwindle — a maneuver that authorities groups opportunity is simply a warfare crime.

Hamas says it will only merchandise nan remaining 59 hostages — 24 of whom are believed to beryllium live — successful speech for nan merchandise of much Palestinian prisoners, a lasting ceasefire and an Israeli pullout from Gaza. The group has rejected demands that it laic down its arms aliases time off nan territory.

People unreserved a Palestinian unfortunate to nan Ahli Arab Hospital (Maamadani), aft an Israeli onslaught deed a schoolhouse successful nan al-Tuffah neighbourhood successful Gaza City connected April 3, 2025. Gaza's civilian defence agency said astatine slightest 21 group were killed connected April 3 successful an Israeli aerial onslaught connected a schoolhouse serving arsenic a shelter for group displaced by nan war.
People unreserved a Palestinian unfortunate to nan Ahli Arab Hospital (Maamadani), aft an Israeli onslaught deed a schoolhouse successful nan al-Tuffah neighbourhood successful Gaza City connected April 3, 2025. Gaza's civilian defence agency said astatine slightest 21 group were killed connected April 3 successful an Israeli aerial onslaught connected a schoolhouse serving arsenic a shelter for group displaced by nan war.

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Another deadly time successful Gaza

Overnight strikes by Israel killed astatine slightest 55 group successful nan Gaza Strip, infirmary officials said Thursday.

In nan confederate metropolis of Khan Younis, officials said nan bodies of 14 group had been taken to Nasser Hospital – 9 of them from nan aforesaid family. The dormant included 5 children and 4 women. The bodies of different 19 people, including 5 children aged betwixt 1 and 7 years and a pregnant woman, were taken to nan European infirmary adjacent Khan Younis, infirmary officials said. In Gaza City, 21 bodies were taken to Ahli hospital, including those of 7 children.

Later successful nan day, strikes killed 4 much group successful Khan Younis, according to Nasser Hospital, and different 2 group were killed successful cardinal Gaza and taken to Al Aqsa Hospital.

The attacks came arsenic nan Israeli subject promised an independent investigation of a March 23 cognition successful which its forces opened occurrence connected ambulances successful confederate Gaza. U.N. officials opportunity 15 Palestinian medics and emergency responders were killed, and their bodies and ambulances were buried by Israeli soldiers in a wide grave.

The subject initially said nan ambulances were operating suspiciously and that 9 militants were killed. The subject said nan probe would beryllium led by an master fact-finding assemblage “responsible for examining exceptional incidents” during nan war. Rights groups opportunity specified investigations are often lacking and that soldiers are seldom punished.

The caput of nan Palestine Red Crescent Society, Younes Al-Khatib, said Thursday that he believed immoderate of nan medics were still live erstwhile they were overtaken by Israeli forces. The organization’s power dispatchers heard a speech successful Hebrew betwixt medics and Israeli soldiers aft nan ambulances had travel nether fire, Al-Khatib told members of nan U.N. Security Council.

Riyad Mansour, nan Palestinian U.N. ambassador, told nan U.N. Security Council connected Thursday that he was turning complete a video he obtained, allegedly showing nan moments starring up to nan Israeli sidesplitting of 15 humanitarian workers successful Gaza.

Mansour said nan video shows that nan assistance workers, including 8 members of nan Palestinian Red Crescent Society, were walking successful emergency vehicles pinch nan lights connected astatine nighttime to deconflict pinch Israeli Defense Forces. But, Mansour said, nan video “found connected nan assemblage of 1 of nan martyrs,” shows that nan Israeli service ambushed nan conveyance contempt nan emergency lights.

Injured Palestinian children and a babe person aesculapian curen astatine nan Ahli Arab Hospital (Maamadani), aft an Israeli onslaught deed a schoolhouse successful nan al-Tuffah neighbourhood successful Gaza City connected April 3, 2025. Gaza's civilian defence agency said astatine slightest 21 group were killed connected April 3 successful an Israeli aerial onslaught connected a schoolhouse serving arsenic a shelter for group displaced by nan war.
Injured Palestinian children and a babe person aesculapian curen astatine nan Ahli Arab Hospital (Maamadani), aft an Israeli onslaught deed a schoolhouse successful nan al-Tuffah neighbourhood successful Gaza City connected April 3, 2025. Gaza's civilian defence agency said astatine slightest 21 group were killed connected April 3 successful an Israeli aerial onslaught connected a schoolhouse serving arsenic a shelter for group displaced by nan war.

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Israeli warfare plans for Gaza

On Wednesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Israel was establishing a caller information corridor crossed Gaza to unit Hamas, suggesting it would trim disconnected nan confederate metropolis of Rafah, which Israel has ordered evacuated, from nan remainder of nan Palestinian territory.

Israel has besides reasserted power complete nan Netzarim corridor, a subject area that separates nan bluish 3rd of Gaza from nan remainder of nan constrictive strip. Both that and different corridor, on Gaza’s confederate separator pinch Egypt, tally from nan Israeli separator to nan Mediterranean Sea.

Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel plans to support wide information power of Gaza aft nan warfare and instrumentality U.S. President Donald Trump’s connection to resettle overmuch of its organization elsewhere done what nan Israeli leader referred to arsenic “voluntary emigration.”

Palestinians person rejected nan proposal, viewing it arsenic expulsion from their homeland aft Israel’s violative near overmuch of it uninhabitable, and quality authorities experts opportunity implementing nan scheme would apt break world law.

Israel’s warfare successful Gaza has killed much than 50,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, which doesn’t opportunity whether those killed are civilians aliases combatants but says much than half of those killed were women and children. Israel says it has killed astir 20,000 militants, without providing evidence.

The warfare has near immense areas of Gaza successful ruins and astatine its tallness displaced astir 90% of nan population.

The warfare began erstwhile Hamas-led militants attacked confederate Israel connected Oct. 7, 2023, sidesplitting astir 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking 251 hostages, astir of whom person since been released successful ceasefire agreements and different deals. Israel rescued 8 surviving hostages and has recovered dozens of bodies.

Netanyahu visits Hungary contempt world apprehension warrant

Netanyahu arrived successful Hungary early Thursday connected his 2nd overseas travel since nan world’s apical warfare crimes tribunal issued an apprehension warrant against him successful November complete Israel’s warfare successful Gaza.

Based successful The Hague, Netherlands, nan International Criminal Court has said location was logic to judge Netanyahu and erstwhile Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant utilized “starvation arsenic a method of warfare” by restricting humanitarian assistance to nan Gaza Strip, and intentionally targeted civilians successful Israel’s run against Hamas — charges that Israeli officials deny.

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ICC personnel countries, specified arsenic Hungary, are required to apprehension suspects facing a warrant if they group ft connected their soil, but nan tribunal has nary measurement to enforce that and relies connected states to comply. As Netanyahu arrived successful Budapest, Hungary said it will statesman nan process of withdrawing from nan ICC.

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Melzer reported from Nahariya, Israel. Associated Press writer Fatma Khaled successful Cairo and Edith M. Lederer astatine nan United Nations contributed to this report