Israeli shelling of Gaza school kills at least 22

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An Israeli onslaught connected a schoolhouse utilized to structure displaced Palestinians has killed astatine slightest 15 radical successful cardinal Gaza, officials say.

Gaza's Hamas-run Civil Defence Agency said the tract successful Nuseirat campy was struck by a volley of artillery connected Sunday, sidesplitting full families and wounding dozens more.

The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said it was looking into the reports.

Earlier, 5 children were reportedly killed by a drone onslaught portion playing connected a thoroughfare country successful bluish Gaza.

A civilian defence spokesperson said the onslaught connected al-Mufti school, wherever hundreds of displaced radical from astir Gaza were sheltering, had injured astatine slightest 50 radical and much than a twelve were killed.

The main areas of struggle successful Gaza successful caller days person been successful the north, wherever Israeli forces person been intensifying attacks for implicit a week arsenic portion of a large crushed operation. Hundreds person since been killed, Gazan authorities person reported.

Residents of Beit Hanoun, Jabalia and Beit Lahiya person reported being chopped disconnected from adjacent Gaza City, portion Israeli tanks person been seen connected the outskirts of the territory's largest city.

Hospitals successful the country are moving retired of supplies, though the World Health Organisation said a associated cognition with the Red Cross had resupplied 2 of them -after 9 days of attempts.

The 5 children successful bluish Gaza were reportedly killed successful an Israeli aerial onslaught portion playing connected a thoroughfare country successful al-Shati camp.

Graphic images from the country successful the aftermath amusement the bloodied bodies of what appeared to beryllium young teenage boys.

One of them looked to beryllium clutching respective solid marbles successful his hand.

According to a study from the scene, told to a BBC correspondent, a drone onslaught deed a idiosyncratic walking down the street, which killed the children and injured 7 different people.

Later images showed the bodies of the 5 boys wrapped successful achromatic shrouds and laid retired connected the level side-by-side.

An aunt of 1 of the boys, named Rami, wrote a moving tribute to him connected societal media. She said the household had moved to al-Shati aft being forced to permission their homes successful Jabalia to a “safer area” due to the fact that of the war.

The IDF has not yet responded to questions astir the incident.

Over the past twelvemonth of war, the Hamas-run wellness ministry has reported much than 42,000 radical killed.

About 1.9 cardinal of Gaza's 2.4 cardinal radical person been displaced by the warfare - galore of whom person been forced to determination aggregate times to escape.

The warring began aft Hamas launched an unprecedented onslaught connected bluish Israel connected 7 October past twelvemonth - sidesplitting astir 1,200 radical successful bluish Israel and taking much than 200 hostage successful Gaza.

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