A minimum of 20 folks have been killed and dozens extra injured after an Israeli airstrike focusing on a faculty in Gaza, well being authorities have stated.
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Medical and civil defence sources on the bottom confirmed ladies and youngsters had been among the many casualties, with a number of charred our bodies arriving at al Shifa and al Ahli hospitals in a single day into Monday.
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An ambulance on the scene
The scene inside the varsity has been described as horrific, with extra victims feared trapped underneath the rubble.
There was no rapid remark from the Israeli army.
It comes as a medical charity chief spoke out concerning the deaths of a physician’s 9 kids in an Israeli airstrike on Friday in Gaza, and the “almost impossibility” of offering care within the area.
The assault in southern Gaza on Friday additionally left her husband, Hamdi al Najjar, severely wounded, and her solely surviving son, Adam, aged 11, in a vital situation. The useless brothers and sisters ranged in age from seven months to 12 years outdated.
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‘We’re seeing the destruction’
There was mounting worldwide condemnation of Israel’s army marketing campaign in Gaza, which has seen Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accuse vital Western leaders together with Emmanuel Macron and Sir Keir Starmer of siding with Hamas.
The conflict in Gaza started when Hamas-led militants attacked southern Israel on 7 October 2023, killing 1,200 folks, largely civilians, and kidnapping about 250 others.
Israel’s army response has flattened giant areas of Gaza and killed greater than 53,000 Palestinians, largely ladies and youngsters, based on Gaza’s Hamas-run well being ministry, which doesn’t differentiate between civilians and combatants in its rely.
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