Gaza’s Hamas-controlled civil defense agency says dozens of people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a school shelter in Gaza City.
The Israeli military said it attacked the site on Saturday, describing its target as a Hamas command center built into the school.
According to Gaza’s civil defense agency, the attack in Daraj district killed at least 90 people and injured dozens of others.
The BBC was unable to independently verify the figures.
“The death toll is now between 90 and 100 and there are dozens of injuries,” agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP news agency.
“Three Israeli rockets hit the school housing displaced Palestinians.”
Earlier, in a Telegram post, he described the scene as a “horrific massacre,” saying crews were trying to control a fire to rescue the injured and recover bodies.
Israel’s military said it “precision struck Hamas terrorists operating inside a Hamas command and control center embedded in the Al-Taba’een school.”
Earlier this week, the Israel Defense Forces said it targeted Hamas “command and control centers” at two schools in Gaza City.
Hamas-led gunmen killed around 1,200 people in an attack on Israel on October 7, taking another 251 people back to Gaza hostage.
That attack triggered a massive Israeli military offensive in Gaza and the ongoing war.
More than 39,600 Palestinians were killed in the Israeli campaign, according to the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry.
