At least 30 people have been killed and dozens more wounded in Israeli attacks on two schools in Gaza City, in the north of the Strip, according to the Civil Defense of the Palestinian enclave.
The source said work was still underway to recover bodies from the rubble, and that thousands of displaced people were sheltering in both centres.
“With these two new massacres, the occupation army has bombed and attacked 172 shelters inhabited by tens of thousands of displaced people since the beginning of the genocidal war,” Hamas authorities said in a statement.
The Islamist group said at least 1,040 people have been killed in Israeli attacks on schools, the usual refuge for thousands of Palestinians forced to flee their homes since the start of the war.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society posted a message on its social media account X confirming that it had transported several dead and wounded people after Sunday’s attacks, along with a video showing the organization’s teams carrying several bloodied children in their arms.
Israeli forces confirmed that they attacked the Hassan Salameh school in the west of the Gazan capital, as well as the Naser school, also located in Gaza City, because they were two “command centres” used by Palestinian militants.
According to the army, Hamas used both compounds to hide its fighters and to plan attacks against troops.
“Prior to the attack, numerous measures were taken to mitigate the risk of harming civilians, including the use of precision munitions, surveillance and additional intelligence,” Israeli authorities said.
Yesterday, under the same pretext, the army attacked the Hamama school in Gaza City, where dozens of displaced people were sheltering, killing 16 people, according to the authorities in the Strip.
Gaza’s Civil Defense confirmed that displaced people were in the school, while Israeli forces said the complex was used “as a hideout for Hamas terrorists, from where they planned to carry out attacks against Israeli soldiers and the State of Israel.”
At least 39,538 people have been killed and more than 91,000 injured in the devastated Palestinian enclave since the start of the war, according to the latest figures from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Health Ministry.
Meanwhile, the humanitarian situation continues to worsen in a territory where 90% of the population lives displaced, many in swarms of tents without access to running water or electricity, and where diseases are spreading due to the closure of clinics and hospitals.EFE
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