Israeli strikes on school-turned-shelter and a house in Gaza strip kill over 50
Anadolu Agency: Palestinian children injured in an Israeli airstrike on a school in Gaza City’s al-Daraj neighborhood are brought to Al Ahli Baptist Hospital for medical care in Gaza City, Gaza on May 26, 2025.
More than 50 Palestinians were killed in two Israeli airstrikes targeting a school sheltering displaced people and a home in Gaza City and Jabalia, northern Gaza, on Monday morning.
The Israeli military said its air force has struck more than 200 targets across the Gaza Strip over the past two days, Al Jazeera reported.
A medical source told Anadolu Agency that the death toll from the Israeli airstrike on the Fahmi Al-Jirjawi school, which shelters displaced people, in Gaza City’s al-Daraj neighborhood has risen to 30.
The Israeli occupation forces bombed Fahmi Al-Jarjawi School in Al-Daraj causing fires to break out. The school is home to displaced Palestinians in Gaza City. pic.twitter.com/BbGMzwWuhO
A fire swept through the tents following the bombing, said Al-Aqsa TV and other local sources.
Eyewitness videos circulated online, showing charred bodies, many of them children, and others crying out as flames consumed their surroundings.
A girl stands in the ruins of the school building in Gaza City that was hit by an air strike Photo: Reuters
“Charred corpses and the screams of displaced people engulfed in flames were seen and heard from the site,” one report said.
In a statement, the Israeli army confirmed the strike, claiming that Hamas has turned the shelter into a "command and control center." It, however, did not provide any proof to support its claim.
Meanwhile, in another deadly airstrike, 19 more people were killed and others injured in an Israeli airstrike on a home in Jabalia town, northern Gaza, according to a medical source.
A boy inspects the damage at the site of an Israeli air strike on a school building, now sheltering displaced people, in Gaza City Photo: reuters
Eyewitnesses told Anadolu that the Israeli airstrike "completely destroyed" a multi-story building, with dozens of displaced people residing inside.
The intensified violence, after a nearly three-month blockade of humanitarian supplies into the Gaza Strip, has sharpened international condemnation of Israel.
World leaders meeting in Madrid at the weekend called for an end to the "inhumane" and "senseless" war, while humanitarian organisations said the trickle of resumed aid is not nearly enough to staunch the hunger and health crises.
Israel's war on Gaza
Gaza's health ministry said on Sunday that at least 3,785 people had been killed in the territory since a ceasefire collapsed on March 18, taking the war's overall toll to 53,939, mostly civilians, according to AFP.
Israel's atrocities have displaced around 90% of Gaza’s estimated 2 million residents, created a severe hunger crisis, and caused widespread destruction across the territory.
The Israeli army has pursued a brutal offensive against Gaza since October 2023, killing at least 61,000 Palestinians, most of them women and children, according to Al Jazeera.
The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants last November for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.
Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its war on the enclave.