A Israeli attack against a school in the north of the Gaza Strip caused the death of at least 22 peoplethe enclave’s Health Ministry reported, while the Israeli military said that was directed to a command center of Hamas in what used to be a school.
Others 30 people were injured in the attack on the school in the area of Zeitoun Gaza City, the ministry said in a statement. Most of the victims were women and children, it added.
Israeli military forces said on Saturday that they had struck a Hamas “command and control center” that “was embedded within a complex that previously served” as a schoolThey noted that they had taken measures to limit the harm to civilians, including use of precise ammunition and aerial surveillance.
“The terrorist organization Hamas systematically violates international law operate from within civil infrastructure“the Israeli military said, an accusation it has made on several occasions.
Since the war broke out between Israel and Hamas, the Israeli army has impacted several schoolsfilled with tens of thousands of Palestinians who had to leave their homes due to Israeli offensives and evacuation orders.
The conflict has displaced 90 percent of Gaza’s Palestinians, according to United Nations figures.
The Israeli military has accused Hamas on several occasions of operating from the civil infrastructure from the Gaza Strip, such as schools and United Nations facilities and hospitals (UN).
A few weeks ago, an Israeli attack hit a school in it refugee camp from Nuseirat, killing 14 peopleaccording to Palestinian medical officials.
The Israeli military said the attack was targeting Hamas fighters who were planning attacks from inside the school.
In July, Israeli airstrikes hit a Girls’ school in Deir al-Balahkilling at least 30 people sheltering inside the building. Israeli military forces said they struck a Hamas command center used to carry out attacks against its troops and store “large quantities of weapons.”
The war began when Hamas fighters killed some 1,200 people, most of them civilians, in an attack on October 7 in southern Israel.
They took others 250 people as hostages and they still have a 100 captivesIsrael’s offensive in the Gaza Strip has killed at least 41,000 Palestinians, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, which does not distinguish between combatants and civilians.
On Saturday, the Gaza Health Ministry said that Five of its workers died and five others were wounded by Israeli fire that hit the ministry’s warehouses in the southern area of Musbah.
Tensions rose in the region yesterday, after that an airstrike in a suburb The Lebanese capital of Beirut killed 31 people, including civilians and Ibrahim Akil, who was in charge of the Radwan Force of the Hezbollah political-paramilitary group. He also lost his life Ahmed Wahbiother high-ranking commander from the military branch of the Lebanese group.
The attack occurred hours after Hezbollah launched one of its most intense bombardments against northern Israel in nearly a year of fighting. Israel’s anti-missile system, known as Iron Dome, intercepted most of the rockets.
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