He death of at least 30 Palestinians of an Israeli attack on a school in central Deir al-Balah GazaPalestinian health officials said, while the Israeli military said the strike hit a Hamas command center.
Gaza’s Health Ministry and the Hamas government’s press office released the death toll from the attack on the school in Deir al-Balah, one of the most populated areas with displaced families, adding that the number of wounded was 100.
The Israeli military said in a statement that it had targeted “a Hamas command and control center inside the Qadija school compound in central Gaza.”
According to the announcement, the school was used to carry out attacks on soldiers and as a weapons cache and the Israeli military warned civilians before the attack.
The injured were taken by ambulance to Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Ballah, while some walked there in blood-stained clothes.
In previous similar attacks on civilian infrastructure, the Israeli military has accused Hamas of endangering civilians and operating in densely populated neighborhoods using schools and hospitals as cover, allegations the militant Islamist group denies.
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