Israel has struck a UN school in Gaza, claiming it housed Hamas fighters linked to the 7 October attack.
Israel targeted a Gaza school on Thursday that it said contained a Hamas compound, killing fighters involved in the 7 October attack that sparked the eight-month war, but Gaza officials said the strike killed at least 27 people seeking shelter. Ismail Al-Thawabta, the director of the Gaza government media office, rejected Israel's claims that the UN school in Nuseirat, in central Gaza, had hidden a Hamas command post.
Asked whether Haniyeh's remarks amounted to the group's reply to Biden, a senior Hamas official replied to a text message from Reuters with a "thumbs up" emoji. Since a brief week-long truce in November, all attempts to arrange a ceasefire have failed, with Hamas insisting on its demand for a permanent end to the conflict, while Israel says it's prepared to discuss only temporary pauses until the militant group is defeated.
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