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An Israeli strike on a school kills at least 22 people, Gaza Health Ministry says
An Israeli strike on a school in northern Gaza on Saturday killed at least 22 people, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, while the Israeli army said it targeted a Hamas command center in what used to be a school.
Another 30 were wounded in the strike on the school in the Zeitoun area of Gaza City, the ministry said in a statement. Most of the casualties were women and children, it said. It wasn't immediately clear which hospital the dead and injured were taken to.
Video taken by The Associated Press showed dozens of people including children digging through the rubble of the building 鈥 its ceilings caved in, walls knocked out and a mess of wires and metal rods visible. Outside, others gathered around shrouded bodies. Some covered their faces as they wept for relatives killed in the strike.
鈥淎 missile, a missile from the plane hit us, and another missile,鈥 said Ferial Deloul, who is displaced. 鈥淲e saw the whole world covered with smoke and stones and we saw people and children cut up. 鈥 What should we do? What is our fault for this to happen to us?鈥
The Israeli army said earlier Saturday that it struck Hamas' 鈥渃ommand and control center, which was embedded inside a compound that previously served鈥 as a school. It said steps were taken to limit harming civilians, including using precise munitions and aerial surveillance.
Also on Saturday, the Gaza Health Ministry said five of its workers were killed and five others wounded by Israeli fire that struck the ministry鈥檚 warehouses in the southern Musbah area.
Contesting narratives over the use of schools and hospitals
Since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war, the Israeli army has struck several schools, packed with tens of thousands of Palestinians driven from their homes by Israeli offensives and evacuation orders. The conflict has left 90 per cent of Palestinians in Gaza displaced, according to figures from the United Nations.
The military has continually accused Hamas of operating from within civilian infrastructure in Gaza, including schools, UN facilities and hospitals. The contesting narratives over the use of schools and hospitals go to the heart of the nearly yearlong conflict.
Earlier this month, an Israeli strike hit a school in the Nuseirat refugee camp, killing 14, according to Palestinian medical officials. The Israeli military said it was targeting Hamas militants planning attacks from inside the school.
In July, Israeli airstrikes hit a girls' school in Deir al-Balah, killing at least 30 people sheltering inside. Israel鈥檚 military said it targeted a Hamas command center used to direct attacks against its troops and store 鈥渓arge quantities of weapons.鈥
The war began when Hamas-led fighters killed about 1,200 people, mostly civilians, in an Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel. They abducted another 250 people and are still holding around 100 hostages. Israel鈥檚 campaign in Gaza has killed at least 41,000 Palestinians, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, which doesn鈥檛 differentiate between fighters and civilians.
Escalating tensions in the region
Tensions soared in the region on Friday after an Israeli airstrike on a Beirut suburb in Lebanon killed dozens of people, including civilians and Ibrahim Akil, who was in charge of Hezbollah鈥檚 elite Radwan Force. Also killed was Ahmed Wahbi, another senior commander in the group鈥檚 military wing.
The strike came hours after Hezbollah launched one of its most intense bombardments of northern Israel in nearly a year of fighting. Israel鈥檚 Iron Dome missile defense system intercepted most of the rockets.
Israeli military spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said Israel had struck more than 400 rocket launchers in Lebanon on Saturday.
Tens of thousands of Israelis demonstrated on Saturday night in Tel Aviv and at several smaller protests across the country, demanding a ceasefire and the return of the roughly 100 hostages still being held in Gaza. The protests, which happen every Saturday night, attracted a similar crowd compared to previous weeks despite the tense security situation on Israel鈥檚 northern border.
This is a locator map of Israel and the Palestinian Territories. (AP Photo)
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