The strike on Thursday came after the military announced a new ground and air assault in several refugee camps in central Gaza.
Palestinian children wounded in the Israeli bombardment on a residential building in Bureij refugee camp are brought to al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir al-Balah
Ayman Rashed, a man displaced from Gaza City who was sheltering at the school, said the missiles hit classrooms on the second and third floor where families were sheltering. Online footage showed bodies wrapped in blankets or plastic bags being laid out in lines in the courtyard of the hospital, which was largely dark as staff try to conserve limited fuel for electricity.Mohammed al-Kareem, a displaced Palestinian sheltering near the hospital, said he saw people searching for their loved ones among the bodies, adding: “The situation is tragic.”
It said it took steps before the strike “to reduce the risk of harming uninvolved civilians… including conducting aerial surveillance, and additional intelligence information”. Displaced Palestinians inspect their tents destroyed by Israel’s bombardment of an UNRWA facility west of Rafah city The US has thrown its weight behind a phased ceasefire and hostage release outlined by President Joe Biden last week, but Israel says it will not end the war without destroying Hamas, while the militant group is demanding a lasting ceasefire and the full withdrawal of Israeli forces.
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