Israeli attack on Gaza school sheltering displaced Palestinians kills 22
Al Jazeera
The dead from the strike on Zeitoun School in Gaza City include 13 children and six women.
At least 22 Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli attack that hit a school sheltering displaced people in Gaza City, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health.
The Palestinian Civil Defence agency in Gaza confirmed that Israel targeted the Zeitoun School in the eastern part of Gaza City on Saturday.
Those killed include 13 children, six women, and a three-month-old baby, the Government Media Office said in a statement, adding that Israel had committed a “horrific massacre”.
At least 30 people were wounded, the ministry said, including several who suffered severe burns. Two people remain missing.
Civil defence spokesman Mahmud Bassal noted that thousands of displaced people had sought shelter at the school.
