At least 17 people were killed in an Israeli assault of a school campus in Gaza City on Saturday, according to the civil defense service in Gaza. Meanwhile, Israel’s military claimed to have struck a Hamas command center.
The agency updated an earlier death toll of 10 by saying in a statement, “There are 17 martyrs and several wounded due to Israeli shelling on Hamama school.”
The Israeli military verified the attack and stated that it had struck an inside Hamas command and control center.
Earlier, civil defence spokesman Mahmud Bassal said the compound was housing Palestinians displaced from their homes in the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas militants.
Israel’s military said the compound was being used by Hamas militants to manufacture weapons, adding it was a “hiding place for Hamas terrorists”.
It has repeatedly accused Hamas of using civilian facilities as command and control centres or to hide their commanders and militants. The Palestinian group denies the accusation.
