Chantal Da Silva reports on world news for NBC News Digital and is based in London.
The Israeli military launched an airstrike on a school operated by the United Nations agency for refugees in central Gaza Strip overnight, saying it was targeting Hamas. Local health officials said dozens of displaced civilians, including children, were killed in the attack.
school in the area of the Nuseirat refugee camp. It said militants who took part in Hamas' Oct. 7 attacks were killed in the strike. The IDF said 'a number of steps' were taken to reduce the risk of harming civilians during the strike, including aerial surveillance and 'additional intelligence information.' Local health officials said at least 30 people had been killed, including 23 women and children, and dozens injured, according to The Associated Press.
communications director Juliette Touma told NBC News that the number of those reported killed in the Israeli offensive on the Nuseirat school was between 35 and 45, but added that the organization could not confirm exact numbers at this stage. She said was not in a position to confirm the Israeli military's claim the school was being used by Hamas militants. Witnesses and hospital officials said the strike hit the al-Sardi School, run by
, the AP reported. They said the school was filled with Palestinians who had fled Israeli offensive and bombardment in northern Gaza. Ayman Rashed, who said he had been at the school after being displaced from Gaza City told AP missiles hit classrooms on the second and third floor of the facility where families were sheltering. He said he helped carry out five of those killed, including an old man and two children.
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