16 killed in Israeli strike on school-turned-shelter in Gaza, Palestinian officials say | World News

An Israeli strike on a school-turned-shelter in Gaza has killed 16 people, including children, Palestinian officials have said.

At least 32 people were also injured in the attack at the Nuseirat camp, doctors have told Reuters news agency.

It comes as the number of Palestinians killed has risen to 42,847, with 100,544 injured, in Israel’s military offensive on Gaza since 7 October 2023, according to the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is yet to comment on the strike.

This comes as UN humanitarian officials are reporting “harrowing levels of death, injury and destruction” in northern Gaza as Israel wages another major operation there.

This is far from the first time that the Nuseirat camp, in central Gaza, has suffered such a strike and earlier this year, in April, 19 people were killed according to reports from the Palestine News Agency.

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An Israeli strike on a school-turned-shelter in Gaza has killed 16 people, including children, Palestinian officials have said.

At least 32 people were also injured in the attack at the Nuseirat camp, doctors have told Reuters news agency.

It comes as the number of Palestinians killed has risen to 42,847, with 100,544 injured, in Israel’s military offensive on Gaza since 7 October 2023, according to the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is yet to comment on the strike.

This comes as UN humanitarian officials are reporting “harrowing levels of death, injury and destruction” in northern Gaza as Israel wages another major operation there.

This is far from the first time that the Nuseirat camp, in central Gaza, has suffered such a strike and earlier this year, in April, 19 people were killed according to reports from the Palestine News Agency.

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