Israel said all three attacks targeted militants hiding in schools.
Palestinian Territories:
Palestinian sources said at least 29 people were killed on Tuesday in an attack on a school used to house displaced people in Gaza, the fourth such incident in four days, with Hamas blaming Israel for the deaths.
The Israeli military told AFP it had carried out an attack in the area and was analyzing the incident. He acknowledged the carrying out of three other attacks since Saturday on Gaza schools that were used as shelters.
The attack hit the entrance to Al-Awda school in Abasan, said a source at Nasser hospital in the nearby southern town of Khan Yunis, where the victims were taken, adding that 29 people were killed and dozens were injured.
The government’s media office, run by Hamas, accused Israel of carrying out a “terrible massacre” and also estimated the death toll at 29, stating that the “majority” were women and children.
“We were sitting at the entrance of the school… suddenly and without warning, rockets were fired,” a witness, Mohammed Sukkar, told AFP of Tuesday’s attack.
The Israeli military said the Air Force used “precise munitions” to attack a “terrorist from the military wing of Hamas” near the school.
“The incident is under review,” the military said in a statement.
Authorities in Hamas-controlled territory said at least 20 people were killed in previous attacks on schools.
Israel said all three attacks targeted militants hiding in schools.
On Saturday, an Israeli attack hit the UN-run Al-Jawni school in Nuseirat, central Gaza, killing 16 people, according to the Ministry of Health.
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, said 2,000 people were sheltering there at the time.
The following day, an attack on the Sagrada Familia school in Gaza City killed four people, according to Gaza’s civil defense agency.
The Patriarchate Latino, which owns the school, said hundreds of people packed the place at the time.
Another UNRWA-run school in Nuseirat was hit on Monday. A local hospital said several people were taken for treatment.
Israel said it targeted “several terrorists” who used the school as cover.
Hamas has denied Israeli allegations that it uses schools, hospitals and other civilian facilities for military purposes.
According to UNRWA, more than 500 people were killed in schools and
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