Israel has vowed to destroy the Palestinian group in retaliation for its October attack.
Gaza’s civil defense agency said on Saturday that an Israeli strike hit a school in Gaza City, killing between 90 and 100 people, while the Israeli military said it hit a Hamas command center.
“Forty martyrs and dozens injured after the Israeli bombing of the Al-Taba’een school in the Al-Sahaba area of Gaza City,” agency spokesman Mahmoud Basal said in a Telegram post.
Basal described the incident as “a horrible massacre”, with some bodies catching fire.
“Teams are trying to control the fire to recover the bodies of the martyrs and rescue the injured,” he said.
Israel’s army said Saturday that it “precisely targeted Hamas terrorists operating inside a Hamas command and control center embedded in the Al-Taba’een school.”
On Thursday, the agency said Israeli strikes hit two schools in Gaza City, killing more than 18 people.
The Israeli military said at the time that it attacked Hamas command centers.
The war in Gaza began with the Hamas attack on October 7, which resulted in the deaths of 1,198 people, most of them civilians, according to an AFP report based on official Israeli figures.
Palestinian agents captured 251 hostages, 111 of whom are still detained in Gaza, including 39 who the Israeli military says are dead.
Israel’s retaliatory military campaign in Gaza has killed at least 39,699 people, according to the Ministry of Health in the Hamas-run territory, which does not provide details on civilian and militant deaths.
Israel promised to destroy the Palestinian group in retaliation for its October attack, but during 10 months of war in the Gaza Strip, the military found itself returning to some areas to fight the militants again.
Israel’s military said on Friday that troops were operating around Khan Yunis, the town in southern Gaza where soldiers withdrew in April after months of fierce fighting with Hamas.
After the military issued an evacuation order for parts of Khan Yunis, AFPTV footage showed crowds of people streaming through dusty, damaged streets on foot or on donkeys and motorcycle carts piled high with belongings.
On Friday, the United Nations Humanitarian Office (OCHA) estimated that “at least 60,000 Palestinians may have moved westward from Khan Yunis in the last 72 hours,” said UN spokeswoman Florencia Soto Nino .
The Gaza war has already attracted Iran-aligned groups to the region, and fears of a wider war in the Middle East have increased following votes for revenge over the deaths of two prominent militants, including the political leader of Hamas.
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