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Gaza: 23 Civilians Killed, Dozens Injured by Israeli Bombing of School

Gaza: Twenty-three citizens were killed and dozens injured early Thursday morning when the Israeli occupation forces bombed a school housing displaced persons and those waiting for aid west of Gaza City, and a tent west of Khan Yunis.

According to Palestine News and Information Agency - WAFA, local sources reported that Israeli warplanes bombed the Mustafa Hafez School, which houses displaced persons west of Gaza City, killing 13 citizens and wounding dozens. They were transferred to Al-Shifa Hospital.

The sources added that Israeli forces opened fire on those waiting for aid east of Al-Nabulsi Roundabout west of Gaza City, killing six citizens.

In Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, three people, including a woman, and several wounded were taken to Nasser Hospital after the Israeli occupation forces targeted tents for displaced persons near Al-Barakah camp in the Al-Majayda neighborhood in the Al-Mawasi area.

A citizen was killed and three others were injured when the occupation forces targeted a group of citizens near Jabalia Rehabilitation Center, north of the Gaza Strip.