Gaza Strip: Bombing of a school leaves 90 dead

The attack, which took place early on Saturday, targeted a school housing displaced people.

The Gaza Civil Defense agency, in an area controlled by the Islamist movement Hamasreported on Saturday that the number of victims of the Israeli attack on a school in Gaza City has risen to between 90 and 100 dead.

The organization’s spokesman, Mahmud Basal, told the media that “The death toll now stands at between 90 and 100, with dozens more injured. he commented.

I also point out that “Three Israeli rockets hit the school housing displaced Palestinians”. In addition, the Gaza government’s communications agency reported that “more than a hundred martyrs” died due to the attack.

The organization’s spokesman, Mahmoud Basal, in a post on Telegram, called the incident a “horrific massacre”. “The teams They are working to control the fire and recover the bodies of the deceased. and assist the wounded,” he said.

He Israeli Army reported on Saturday that it had “precisely attacked Hamas terrorists operating from a command center and control located inside the Al Taba’een school.”

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On Thursday, the civil defense agency of this Hamas-controlled Palestinian territory said that Israeli attacks on two schools in the same city caused the deaths of numerous people.

At the time, the Israeli military also argued that it had attacked two command centers of the Palestinian Islamist group.

The war in Gaza began on October 7 with a Hamas attack against southern Israel, which left 1,198 dead, mostly civilians, according to a media count based on official Israeli data.

In addition, Islamist fighters captured 251 hostages. The Israeli army estimates that 111 of them remain in Gaza, including 39 who are already dead.

In response to that attack, Israel launched a military campaign against Gaza that, according to the region’s Ministry of Health, has caused the deaths of at least 39,699 people.