Rescuers in central Gaza stated an Israeli strike on Thursday killed a minimum of 17 individuals at a school-turned-shelter, the place the Israeli army stated it had focused Hamas militants.
Al-Shuhada college in Nuseirat refugee camp, the place Hamas authorities stated displaced Palestinians had sought refuge, was the newest goal in a sequence of assaults on comparable amenities throughout the Gaza Strip in current months.
Mahmud Bassal, a spokesman for the Gaza civil defence company, advised AFP that the strike killed 17 individuals and wounded dozens extra. The close by Al-Awda hospital gave the identical loss of life toll.
Palestinian girl Umm Muhammad, who advised AFP she was on the college on the time of the strike, described a terrifying scene with “stones and glass” falling from above.
“I hugged my little lady. I could not see something by the thick plume of smoke,” she stated.
“I ran and screamed for my sister and located her alive downstairs,” Umm Muhammad added.
“However there have been kids torn to items” on account of the assault, she stated.
The Israeli army stated its air power had struck “Hamas terrorists who have been working inside a command-and-control centre within the space of Nuseirat, which was positioned inside the varsity”.
That location, a army assertion stated, “was utilized by the terrorists to plan and execute terrorist assaults towards IDF (military) troops and the State of Israel”.
The Hamas authorities media workplace stated in a press release that “hundreds of displaced individuals have been sheltering within the college, most of them kids and girls.”
In current months, Israeli forces have struck a number of schools-turned-shelters throughout Gaza, with the army sustaining that it has focused militants.
In a press release, Hamas known as the newest strike “legal” and reported many “ladies and youngsters” amongst its victims.
