New bloodshed in Gaza: At least 24 dead in Israeli raid on mosque and school

At least 24 people were killed and 93 others injured when Israeli airstrikes hit a mosque and a school housing internally displaced people in the Gaza Strip early today, according to the press office of the Hamas-controlled government in Gaza. Palestinian health officials said at least 20 more people had been killed since last night in northern Gaza when the army sent armored vehicles there for the first time in months, while urging residents to move to what they described as safe zones in the south. The Israeli military said it carried out “precision strikes against Hamas terrorists” operating inside command and control centers located at the Ibn Rushd school and the Suhada al-Aqsa mosque in Deir al-Bala, central Gaza. Hamas denies Israeli accusations that it uses civilian facilities such as schools, hospitals and mosques for military purposes. The attacks on the mosque and the school occurred while the war between Israel and the […]
Source: News Beast

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