15 children, 8 women among displaced victims of another school ‘massacre’ carried out by Israel in central Gaza Strip
"A short while ago, the targeting of Khadija school, which had a field medical unit inside it, in Deir el-Balah area, resulted in more than 30 martyrs -- including several children and women -- and dozens of others wounded," the health ministry in Gaza said in a statement. The Gazan civil defence agency said that the school was housing about 4,000 displaced people who had taken refuge there. | At least 15 children and eight women were among the 31 Palestinians killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Khadija School in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza Strip, the government media office said on Saturday. ● Earlier, the Gaza government media office said that 31 Palestinians, including children, were killed and 100 others injured when Israeli warplanes struck the school, which also served as a field hospital. In a statement, the media office stated that three missiles hit a facility sheltering thousands of displaced people. ● The Israeli military admitted earlier Saturday to targeting the school, claiming it housed a Hamas command center, according to a statement from army spokesperson Avichay Adraee. Hamas condemned the strike, asserting that the school housed "displaced innocent civilians, mostly women and children."