The reports come from Palestinian authorities. They also report dozens of wounded and several missing persons.
More than 90 Palestinians were killed in bombings carried out by Israel in the early hours of Saturday against a school that functioned as shelter in Gaza City. According to the Civil Defense of the enclave, it is about one of the deadliest attacks in the war in Middle East between Israel and the terrorist group Hamas.
The Israeli army claims that the school was used as a command center for Hamas, which governs the territory. Information from local media, mostly under the influence of the Palestinian Islamist movement, reveals that the al-Tabi’een school, located in the center of the enclave It was home to around 250 displaced people, mostly women and children.
For its part, Hamas denounced a “horrible crime” and warned of a “dangerous escalation” after Israel agreed on Friday, under international pressure, to resume negotiations on a truce in the Palestinian enclave on August 15.
Civil defense agency spokesman Mahmud Basal said: Several bombings were reported against “two floors of the al-Tabi’een Koranic school and the adjacent mosque with three missiles” and that The attack caused “the death of 93 people, including eleven children and six women.”
He also said there were dozens of wounded, several in intensive care, and reported that “there are many unidentified body parts and missing persons.” The Israeli army stated on the social network X that both places served “as military installations for Hamas and Islamic Jihad” and that were used to “perpetrate terrorist attacks”.
Tensions rise in the Middle East: Qatar, Saudi Arabia and other countries condemn the attack
Gaza City school bombings among deadliest since the armed conflict began after the Hamas attack on Israeli soil on October 7, according to data reported by the Palestinian Islamist movement. more than ten months of warIsrael’s military offensive has killed more than 39,600 Palestinians and left more than 91,700 wounded, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health.
Qatar called for an “urgent international investigation” into what happened, while Egypt, which shares a border with Gaza and is a key mediator in seeking a cessation of hostilities, said the attack on the school showed that Israel has no intention of agreeing to a ceasefire nor end the war.
Saudi Arabia also condemned the attack and called for an end to the “massacres” in the enclave. Meanwhile, The Turkish Foreign Ministry denounced “a new crime against humanity” and the spokesman for the Iran’s Foreign Ministry condemned a “war crime.” France recalled that “respect for international humanitarian law is essential for Israel.”
Source: Ambito
