AFP – Two hospitals in Gaza said that an Israeli air strike on a school-turned-shelter for displaced Palestinians killed at least 14 people yesterday, while the Israeli military reported it had hit militants.
Ten bodies were brought to Kamal Adwan hospital and four to Al-Awda hospital, the two medical facilities reported.
The people were killed in an Israeli strike on the Abu Hussein school, which has become a shelter, in northern Gaza’s Jabalia.
“A horrific massacre, most of the injured and wounded are lying on the ground at Kamal Adwan Hospital, and their condition is critical,” said a senior official at the ambulance and emergency service in north Gaza Fares Afana.
“We are unable to manage these severe cases due to the shortage of medical supplies and specialised personnel, leading to an increase in the number of martyrs.”
Hamas later condemned the attack.
“The occupation’s claims that Abu Hussein School was used for resistance purposes are mere lies. This is a systematic policy of the enemy to justify its crime and slaughter of innocent displaced people,” the group said in a statement. Vast areas of Gaza have been devastated by Israel’s assault on the territory since October 7 last year and killed at least 42,438 people, the majority civilians, according to figures from the Health Ministry in the Hamas-run territory, which the United Nations (UN) considers reliable. Israel has been intensifying operations in the north of the besieged Palestinian territory, where the UN has warned hundreds of thousands of people are trapped.
