An Israeli airstrike on a displaced individuals camp exterior a faculty in southern Gaza killed at the least 29 Palestinians and injured dozens extra, hospital officers mentioned.
The Hamas Well being Ministry in Gaza mentioned the assault occurred close to the doorway of Al Auda faculty in Abbassan Kabila city, east of Khan Younis metropolis, and the preliminary dying toll was 25.
A video confirmed greater than a dozen individuals, together with a number of youngsters, lifeless and critically injured on the ground of an area hospital.
The Israeli navy mentioned it was investigating the studies.
A supply at Al-Nasser Hospital, the place the injured are being handled, mentioned they anticipated the dying toll to rise.
Al-Awda College gives shelter for displaced individuals from villages east of Khan Younis.
The assault resulted in widespread destruction and the dying of ladies and youngsters. Our bodies had been scattered on the scene, and many individuals dwelling in tents exterior the college had been injured.
It was the fourth assault previously 4 days on or close to a faculty in a shelter for displaced individuals.
The Israeli navy mentioned it carried out the primary three assaults as a result of it was used as a base by Hamas politicians, police and militants.
Sixteen individuals had been killed on Saturday in an assault on a United Nations-run faculty within the central Gaza metropolis of Nuseirat refugee camp, the place about 2,000 displaced individuals stay, in line with the Hamas-run well being ministry.
An assault on a church-run faculty in Gaza the subsequent day killed a senior Hamas authorities official and three others, native sources mentioned.
On Monday night time, one other UN-run faculty in Nuserat was reportedly attacked, leaving a number of individuals injured.
