At least 11 killed in fresh Israeli strike on school sheltering displaced Gazans

GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least 11 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a school sheltering displaced people in Gaza City on Sunday, according to a medical source.

The attack targeted Safad School in the Zeitoun neighborhood in Gaza City, the source said, adding that several people were also injured in the attack.

The medical source reported that several of those injured were taken to the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City.

Witnesses told Anadolu that the bodies of the dead “were torn apart and scattered due to the intensity of the Israeli bombing.”

The Israeli attack destroyed one of the school’s buildings, where hundreds of displaced people were sheltered, witnesses said.

Israel has targeted civilian facilities, including schools, hospitals, and places of worship, in its war on Gaza. Under the rules of war, targeting such civilian facilities can constitute a war crime.

Last month, at least 100 people were killed and dozens injured in an Israeli strike on the Al-Taba’een School in Gaza City, where over 6,000 displaced people were sheltered.

Israel’s war on Gaza has killed over 40,700 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and injured over 94,100, according to local health authorities.

An ongoing blockade of the enclave has led to severe shortages of food, clean water and medicine.

Israel faces accusations of genocide at the International Court of Justice.