Fifteen people have been killed, including at least five children, by an Israeli strike on a school-turned-shelter in Gaza, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.
The Abu Hussein school, in Jabalia, northern Gaza, was sheltering displaced people, Gaza health ministry official Medhat Abbas told Reuters.
Dozens were injured in the strike, he said, adding: “There is no water to extinguish the fire. There is nothing.”
Displaced people flee Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, earlier this month. File Pic: Reuters
The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said the attack targeted dozens of Hamas and Islamic Jihad militants who had gathered at the site.
Fares Abu Hamza, head of the ministry’s emergency unit in northern Gaza, said the nearby Kamal Adwan Hospital was struggling to treat the casualties.
“Many women and children are in critical condition,” he added.
Footage showed emergency workers rushing the wounded out of the compound amid debris and crowds of people, according to AP.
It comes as earlier this week, Israeli forces struck at another school in Nuseirat, central Gaza, killing 23 people.
In northern Gaza, Israel has been waging a major air and ground operation for more than a week.
After the most recent attack, Israel provided a list of names it claimed were militants present when the strike was called in.
Israel has killed over 42,000 Palestinians since Hamas-led militants stormed into the south of the country on 7 October, killing around 1,200 people and abducting 250 others.
The figure, which comes from the enclave’s health ministry, does not differentiate between civilians and combatants but says women and children make up more than half the dead.
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