Gaza officials say at least 17 people killed in Israeli strike on school as death toll from attack on Beirut rises

ABC / AP/Reuters/AFP | 21 September 2024

Please God stop these murderous attacks – Mark

Gaza’s civil defence agency says at least 17 people have been killed and more than 30 others wounded in an Israeli strike on a school housing displaced people in Gaza City.
Israel says it was targeting Hamas militants that were in an adjacent school.
The number of people killed in an Israeli strike on Beirut on Friday has risen to at least 31 people, Lebanon’s health ministry said.

At least 17 people have been killed in an Israeli airstrike on a school that was housing displaced people in Gaza, Palestinian officials say.

Gaza’s civil defence agency says eight children are among the dead, with more than 30 other people injured, after an Israeli rocket hit the Al-Zaytoun School C in Gaza City.

Agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal said thousands of people had sought shelter at the school.

Israel’s military said in a statement the air force had “conducted a precise strike on terrorists who were operating inside a Hamas command and control centre in Gaza City”.

It said the target was “embedded inside” the Al Falah School, which is adjacent to the Al-Zaytoun School buildings.