Airstrikes hit tents sheltering displaced people in school in Gaza City, civilians gathering for aid, say medical sources
Israeli airstrikes on Friday killed at least 12 Palestinians, including a young girl, and wounded dozens more, targeting schools sheltering displaced families, tents, and civilians awaiting aid, according to medical sources and eyewitnesses.
One of the deadliest attacks targeted Al-Qahira School in Gaza City, where thousands of displaced civilians had sought shelter.
Medical sources confirmed that five people were killed in the strike, including a child, while 10 others were injured, some critically. Among the wounded were children, one of whom arrived at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City with an amputated arm.
Eyewitnesses reported that the school, packed with displaced families seeking refuge, was targeted directly.
Elsewhere in the city, two Palestinians were killed and three others injured in a strike targeting a civilian gathering in the Zeitoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City.
Medical sources told Anadolu that a Palestinian waiting for humanitarian aid north of Rafah in southern Gaza was shot dead by Israeli forces.
In Gaza City’s Al-Tuffah neighborhood, an Israeli airstrike struck a civilian gathering, killing three Palestinians and injuring others.
In a separate attack, a drone strike hit a tent set up on the roof of Al-Rimal School, which was sheltering displaced people in the Al-Rimal area of Gaza City. One person was killed and several more were wounded, the sources reported.
Eyewitnesses described scenes of panic and destruction as families fled the targeted areas, many of them already displaced by previous Israeli attacks.
Rejecting international calls for a ceasefire, the Israeli army has pursued a brutal offensive on Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023, killing over 59,500 Palestinians, most of them women and children. The relentless bombardment has destroyed the enclave and led to food shortages.
Last November, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.
Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its war on the enclave.
