Israeli strike on Gaza school kills 4, rescuers say
- UN condemns targeting of its shelters as Israel’s military says school complex was used as a militant hideout
The civil defence agency in Hamas-run Gaza said a second Israeli strike in two days on a school sheltering displaced families killed at least four people, as the UN condemned the targeting of its shelters.
Israel’s military said it hit “the area of the school” in Gaza City, adding the school complex was used as a militant hideout and housed “a Hamas weapons manufacturing facility.
The civil defence agency in Hamas-ruled Gaza said Ihab al-Ghusain, the group’s deputy labour minister, was among those killed in the strike Sunday on the Holy Family School.
The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, which owns the school, said hundreds of civilians had taken shelter there since the start of the war.
“The Latin Patriarchate condemns in the strongest terms the targeting of civilians or any belligerent actions that fall short of ensuring that civilians remain outside the combat scene,” the church body said in a statement.