An Israeli strike on a college sheltering displaced individuals in northern Gaza on Thursday killed at the very least 15 individuals, together with 5 kids, in response to Gaza’s Well being Ministry.
The Israeli army mentioned the strike focused dozens of Hamas and Islamic Jihad militants who had gathered on the faculty.
The strike hit the Abu Hussein faculty in Jabaliya, an city refugee camp in northern Gaza the place Israel has been waging a serious air and floor operation for greater than every week.
Fares Abu Hamza, head of the ministry’s emergency unit in northern Gaza, confirmed the toll and mentioned dozens of individuals had been wounded. He mentioned the close by Kamal Adwan Hospital was struggling to deal with the casualties.
“Many ladies and kids are in important situation,” he mentioned.
The army mentioned it focused a command heart run by each militant teams inside the varsity. It offered a listing of dozens of names of individuals it recognized as militants who had been current when the strike was referred to as in. It was not instantly doable to confirm the names. (AP)