13 children among 21 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza school
ANKARA (AA) – At least 21 Palestinians, including 13 children, were killed and several others injured on Saturday in an Israeli airstrike on a school sheltering displaced people in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, according to the Gaza government media office.
In a statement, it said that 30 people, including nine children, were also injured in the attack.
The media office said that 181 centers for displaced individuals have been targeted by Israeli forces since the beginning of the war on Gaza.
Separately, a medical source at the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza City told Anadolu that the victims were brought to the hospital following the strike on the school, which was housing hundreds of displaced families.
Witnesses reported that the Israeli airstrike hit the Asqoula area in the Zeitoun neighborhood.
The Israeli army has acknowledged that it targeted the school, claiming it was being used by Hamas as a “command and control center.”
Israel has continued its brutal offensive on Gaza since a Hamas attack last October despite a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire.
It has killed nearly 41,400 people, mostly women and children, and injured over 95,700, according to local health authorities.
The Israeli onslaught has displaced almost the entire population of the territory.
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