In Gaza, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reports that at least 13 Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli air strike on a school sheltering displaced people in Gaza City.
In a separate incident, according to Wafa, a number of people were injured in a strike on Al Falah school in the same area. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has released a statement, external today saying its Air Force targeted members of Hamas who were operating in an area “previously used” as the Al Falah school in Gaza City.
It comes as the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry says 41,391 Palestinians have now been killed since October 7 – the day Hamas attacked Israel, killing 1,200 people, with 251 people taken to Gaza as hostages, according to Israeli authorities. Israel’s official figure for those held in Gaza is now 101.
