Dozens Of Palestinians Killed During Fresh Israeli Airstrike On Gaza School
The Hamas group has claimed that more than 100 Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded in an Israeli strike on a Gaza school sheltering displaced people.
It was learnt that the strikes hit when people sheltering at the school were performing dawn prayers, leading to many casualties, the Hamas media office said in a statement.
Medics had not yet been able to reach all the bodies, it said.
There was no immediate information from Gaza health authorities.
However, the Israeli military said the airstrike was targeted at a command and control centre where Hamas fighters were hiding.
The military said it had taken steps to reduce the risk of harming civilians including the use of precise munitions, aerial surveillance, and intelligence information.
It has not issued any comment on the casualty reports from Gaza.
Hamas said the strike was a horrific crime and a serious escalation. Israel says the militant group embeds among Gaza’s civilians, operating from within schools, hospitals and designated humanitarian zones – which Hamas denies.
In May, Egypt expressed its intention to support South Africa’s case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Israel’s bombing campaign and ground invasion in Gaza.
The North African country said the decision was in response to the escalating Israeli aggression and scope of attacks against civilians in the Palestinian enclave.
In the statement the ministry posted on X (formerly Twitter), it accused Israel of targeting civilians, destroying infrastructure, and forcing Palestinians to flee their homes.
It should be recalled that fighting between the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Hamas, which has lasted more than eight months, was sparked by the Palestinian militant group’s surprise raid into Israeli territory on October 7, which killed approximately 1,200 people.
