Israel’s strike on Gaza school kills at least 90, civil defence says
- According to Israel’s army, it had ‘struck Hamas terrorists operating within a Hamas command and control centre’ inside the school
Gaza’s civil defence agency said on Saturday the death toll from an Israeli strike on a school in Gaza City has risen to between 90 and 100.
“The death toll is now between 90 and 100 and there are dozens more wounded. Three Israeli rockets hit the school that was housing displaced Palestinians,” agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal said. Gaza’s government media office said there were “more than 100 martyrs” in the strike.
The agency said three Israeli rockets hit the school in Gaza City, describing the incident as a “horrific massacre”, with some bodies catching fire.
The strike comes two days after Gazan authorities said more than 18 people were killed in Israeli strikes on two other schools in Gaza City, with the military saying at the time it had struck Hamas command centres.
Israel has vowed to destroy the Palestinian group in retaliation for its October 7 attack but agreed to resume talks next week at the request of international mediators following intense diplomacy aimed at averting a region-wide conflagration.