7 Palestinians, including children, killed in Israeli air strike on school sheltering displaced in Gaza

Palestinian Civil Defense Teams operate a search and rescue operation in the Asmaa School after an Israeli attack at Shati Refugee Camp in Gaza City, Gaza on October 19, 2024. [Dawoud Abo Alkas – Anadolu Agency]

At least seven Palestinians, including children and women, were killed on Saturday in an Israeli air strike targeting a school run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) in western Gaza that was providing shelter to displaced families, Anadolu Agency reports.

According to Palestinian medics who spoke to Anadolu, the Israeli attack on the school resulted in seven fatalities and multiple injuries, with the wounded being transported to nearby hospitals.

Witnesses said the air strike targeted the Asma school in the Shati refugee camp, which is currently housing thousands of displaced Palestinians.

The school was being used as a shelter for families who had fled the ongoing bombardment in northern Gaza.

Israel has killed more than 42,500 people in Gaza since a cross-border incursion by Hamas. It killed the group’s leader, Yahya Sinwar, earlier this week. Sinwar had taken charge after the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh on July 31 in Tehran.

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