At least 29 Palestinians have been killed and dozens wounded in an Israeli air strike on a camp for displaced people outside a school in southern Gaza, according to hospital officials. Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry reported that the strike occurred near the gate of al-Awda school in the town of Abasan al-Kabira, east of Khan Younis, initially putting the death toll at 25.
Video footage from the scene showed over a dozen dead and seriously wounded individuals, including several children, on the floor of a local hospital. The Israeli military stated that it is looking into the reports, which follow a week after civilians were ordered to evacuate Abasan al-Kabira and other areas in eastern Khan Younis, causing tens of thousands to flee.
Sources at Nasser Hospital, where the injured were taken, indicated that the number of casualties is expected to rise. Al-Awda school has been providing shelter to displaced people from the eastern villages of Khan Younis.
The strike resulted in widespread destruction and fatalities among women and children. Body parts were scattered across the site, and many people staying in tents outside the school were injured.
This marks the fourth attack on or near schools housing displaced people in the past four days. The Israeli military justified the first three strikes, claiming that Hamas politicians, police officers, and fighters were using the locations as bases.
