33 killed as Israeli army strikes 'Hamas compound' inside UN school in Gaza

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posted on X, "several Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists who embedded themselves inside of an @UNRWA school." It said, “IAF fighter jets conducted a precise strike on a Hamas compound embedded inside the school in the area of Nuseirat."The Israeli military said that Hamas militants were operating from within the school. It further claimed that the terrorists belonged to the Nukhba Forces and participated in the October 7 massacre.

It added that several terrorists were "eliminated" in the strike.The IDF also clarified that a number of steps were taken to reduce the risk of harming uninvolved civilians during the strike," including conducting aerial surveillance, and additional intelligence information."At least 33 were reported dead from the strike, including 14 children and nine women, news agency the Associated Press reported while citing the hospital records. Another strike on a house overnight killed six people, according to the records.

Both strikes occurred in Nuseirat, one of several built-up refugee camps in Gaza dating to the 1948 war surrounding Israel's creation, when hundreds of thousands of Palestinians fled or were driven from their homes in what became the new state.Witnesses and hospital officials said the predawn strike hit the al-Sardi School, run by the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees known by the acronym UNRWA. The school was filled with Palestinians who had fled Israeli offensives and bombardment in northern Gaza, they said.Ayman Rashed, a man displaced from Gaza City who was sheltering at the school, said the missiles hit classrooms on the second and third floor where families were sheltering.