CAIRO: Greater than 100 Palestinians have been killed and dozens wounded in an Israeli strike on a Gaza faculty sheltering displaced folks, the official Palestinian information company stated on Saturday (Aug 10), whereas the Israeli military stated it had hit a Hamas command centre.
“The Israeli strikes focused the displaced folks whereas performing Fajr (daybreak) prayers, a matter led to a fast improve within the variety of casualties,” the Hamas-run Gaza authorities media workplace stated in an announcement.
The company stated three Israeli rockets hit the college in Gaza Metropolis, describing the incident as a “horrific bloodbath”, with some our bodies catching hearth.
In its assertion, the Israeli military stated its air forces “struck command and management centre served as a hideout for Hamas terrorists and commanders”.
“The IAF exactly struck Hamas terrorists working inside a Hamas command and management centre embedded within the Al-Taba’een faculty and positioned adjoining to a mosque in Daraj Tuffah, which serves as a shelter for the residents of Gaza Metropolis,” it added.
“Previous to the strike, quite a few steps have been taken to mitigate the chance of harming civilians, together with using exact munitions, aerial surveillance, and intelligence data.”
The strike comes two days after Gaza authorities stated greater than 18 folks have been killed in Israeli strikes on two different colleges in Gaza Metropolis, with the army saying on the time it had struck Hamas command centres.
Israel has vowed to destroy Hamas in retaliation for its Oct 7 assault, however agreed to renew talks subsequent week on the request of worldwide mediators following intense diplomacy aimed toward averting a region-wide conflagration.
Iran has claimed that Israel desires to unfold struggle within the Center East, and Hamas officers, some analysts and critics in Israel have stated Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has extended the combating for political acquire.
Throughout 10 months of struggle throughout the Gaza Strip, the army has discovered itself returning to some areas to combat the militants once more.
“Sufficient!” shouted Khan Younis resident Ahmed al-Najjar.
“Have mercy on us, for God’s sake, the younger kids and girls are dying within the streets. Sufficient!”
Israel’s army stated Friday that troops have been working round Khan Younis, the southern Gaza metropolis from which troopers had withdrawn in April after months of fierce combating with Hamas.
After the army issued an evacuation order for elements of the town, AFPTV pictures confirmed a crowd of individuals flowing via dusty, broken streets on foot or on donkey and motorbike carts piled with belongings.
“We have been displaced 15 instances,” stated Mohammed Abdeen.
By Friday, the United Nations humanitarian workplace OCHA estimated that “at the very least 60,000 Palestinians could have moved in direction of western Khan Younis previously 72 hours”, UN spokeswoman Florencia Soto Nino stated.
