Israeli strike kills 10 Palestinians near Gaza school sheltering displaced people

At least 10 Palestinians were killed on Friday in an Israeli strike targeting the entrance of a school sheltering displaced people in Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip, medics told Reuters.

It comes as 47 Palestinians were killed and dozens injured, most of them children and women, in overnight Israeli bombardment of central Gaza, the Palestinian news agency WAFA reported.

The attacks occurred in the city of Deir Al-Balah, the Nuseirat camp and the town of Al-Zawayda, it said.

The Israeli military said its troops had identified and eliminated "several armed terrorists" in central Gaza and had eliminated "dozens of terrorists" in targeted raids in northern Gaza's Jabalia area.

The Gaza war began after Hamas-led militants attacked Israel on 7 October 2023, killing some 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages back to Gaza, according to Israeli tallies.

Israel's subsequent assault on Gaza has killed more than 43,000 Palestinians and reduced most of the enclave to rubble, Palestinian authorities say.

The attacks occurred in the city of Deir Al-Balah, the Nuseirat camp and the town of Al-Zawayda, it said.

The Israeli military said its troops had identified and eliminated "several armed terrorists" in central Gaza and had eliminated "dozens of terrorists" in targeted raids in northern Gaza's Jabalia area.

The Gaza war began after Hamas-led militants attacked Israel on 7 October 2023, killing some 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages back to Gaza, according to Israeli tallies.

Israel's subsequent assault on Gaza has killed more than 43,000 Palestinians and reduced most of the enclave to rubble, Palestinian authorities say.

Search and rescue operation in central Gaza following an Israeli army attack

At least 46 Palestinians were killed in Israeli military strikes across Gaza yesterday, mostly in the north where one attack hit a hospital, torching medical supplies and disrupting operations, the enclave's health officials said.

Israel's military has accused the Palestinian militant group Hamas of using Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya for military purposes and said "dozens of terrorists" have been hiding there. Health officials and Hamas deny the assertion.

The health ministry in Gaza called for all international bodies "to protect hospitals and medical staff from the brutality of the (Israeli) occupation".

Medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said yesterday that one of its doctors at the hospital, Mohammed Obeid, had been detained last Saturday by Israeli forces.

It called for the protection of him and all medical staff who "are facing horrific violence as they try to provide care".