An Israeli airstrike on a school housing “thousands of displaced people” has killed eight people, including two children and two women, in northern Gaza’s Jabalia town.
Gaza’s civil defense agency said Saturday that rescue workers recovered the bodies of eight people from under the collapsed building of the school.
The airstrike also wounded 30 people, including 19 children, said agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal.
The Israeli military admitted it had targeted the facility. It claimed that the building was being used as a “command-and-control center” by Hamas.
Hamas has not commented on the statement yet, but it has repeatedly denied that its fighters operate from civilian facilities such as schools and hospitals.
