{"id":34059,"date":"2024-07-27T12:52:58","date_gmt":"2024-07-27T16:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/israeli-strike-on-gaza-school-kills-30\/27\/07\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-07-27T12:52:58","modified_gmt":"2024-07-27T16:52:58","slug":"israeli-strike-on-gaza-school-kills-30","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/israeli-strike-on-gaza-school-kills-30\/27\/07\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli strike on Gaza school &#8216;kills 30&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Israel&#8217;s military has struck a school near Deir al-Balah, a city in central Gaza, killing at least 30 Palestinians and injuring more than 100, according to the Hamas-run ministry of health.<\/p>\n<p>The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Telegram that a Hamas command and control centre was embedded inside the Khadija School.<\/p>\n<p>The IDF added that Hamas used the compound as a hiding place to direct and plan attacks and store weapons.<\/p>\n<p>Gaza\u2019s health ministry said footage showed the victims were civilians and most of them were children. The BBC verified a video that shows children among the injured.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"caas-figure\">\n<div class=\"caas-figure-with-pb\" style=\"max-height: 540px\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"caas-img-container caas-img-lightbox caas-img-loader\" style=\"padding-bottom:56%\" data-lightbox-src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/LSmhl2hMxLPhG5X_6YB5Uw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTI0MDA7aD0xMzUw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/bbc_us_articles_995\/547e1636bfd1412fface5e6f5e419be4\"><span class=\"caas-img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Palestinians run for cover after strike on school\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/L2th0UASxpErFZtsSfY9gg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/bbc_us_articles_995\/547e1636bfd1412fface5e6f5e419be4\" class=\"caas-img\"\/><button class=\"link caas-lightbox\" aria-label=\"View larger image\" data-ylk=\"sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;elm:expand;itc:1\"><span class=\"openArrows icon\"><svg width=\"22\" height=\"22\" viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\"><path d=\"M12.372 0.92C12.372 0.414 12.782 0.004 13.287 0.004L21 0L20.996 7.712C20.996 8.217 20.586 8.628 20.08 8.628C19.574 8.628 19.164 8.217 19.164 7.712V3.183L12.337 10.011L10.988 8.663L17.816 1.835H13.287C12.782 1.835 12.372 1.425 12.372 0.92ZM1.835 17.816L8.663 10.988L10.012 12.337L3.183 19.164H7.712C8.218 19.164 8.627 19.574 8.627 20.08C8.627 20.586 8.218 20.995 7.712 20.995L0 21L0.004 13.287C0.004 12.782 0.414 12.372 0.92 12.372C1.425 12.372 1.835 12.782 1.835 13.287V17.816Z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><figcaption class=\"caption-collapse\">[EPA]<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Gaza&#8217;s civil defence service said the school was sheltering displaced people. Hamas condemned the attack in a statement on Telegram, saying &#8220;displaced, sick and wounded people, most of whom were women and children&#8221; were killed.<\/p>\n<p>Verified video from the scene shows a chaotic situation, with people running around a compound covered in rubble. Men carry two bloodied children in their arms while a woman hugs another, and a group carries an injured man on a stretcher. A body lies on the ground covered in a blanket.<\/p>\n<p>The IDF said that before the strike it took steps to reduce the risk to civilians &#8220;including the use of appropriate munitions, aerial surveillance and additional intelligence\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Gaza&#8217;s health ministry said 53 people had been killed and 189 injured since Saturday morning due to IDF bombing in Deir al-Balah and the southern city of Khan Younis.<\/p>\n<p>The strike occurred as Israel continues its months-long military campaign in Gaza that has killed more than 39,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza&#8217;s health ministry.<\/p>\n<p>The war started when Hamas attacked Israel on 7 October, killing around 1,200 people and taking 251 hostage.<\/p>\n<p>The Deir al-Balah strike was reported as the IDF ordered civilians on Saturday morning in southern parts of Khan Younis to evacuate to an &#8220;adjusted humanitarian area&#8221; in al-Mawasi, a region along the coast.<\/p>\n<p>The IDF said it was about to \u201cforcefully operate\u201d after reporting \u201csignificant\u201d rocket fire towards Israel from southern Khan Younis and \u201cprecise intelligence indicating that Hamas has embedded\u201d infrastructure in the humanitarian area. The Israeli military warned civilians that \u201cremaining in this area has become dangerous\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The IDF released maps showing a further reduced humanitarian area in al-Mawasi. The military shrank the zone on Monday when it ordered the evacuation of part of the humanitarian area ahead of an operation against Palestinian fighters who had apparently regrouped there.<\/p>\n<p>After the evacuation orders, Gaza&#8217;s health ministry <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cgerz8we1vgo?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Byahoo.north.america%5D-%5Blink%5D-%5Bnews%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:said;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">said<\/a> at least 70 people were killed by Israeli strikes around Khan Younis.<\/p>\n<p>Also on Saturday, in the West Bank, a 17-year-old boy was killed and nine people were injured in the Balata refugee camp in Nablus as a result of Israeli military action, the Palestinian Authority&#8217;s ministry of health said.<\/p>\n<p>The BBC has contacted the IDF about the reports.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" style=\"display:block\" class=\"lazyload\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/a1.api.bbc.co.uk\/hit.xiti\/?w=75&resize=75 75w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/a1.api.bbc.co.uk\/hit.xiti\/?w=100&resize=100 100w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/a1.api.bbc.co.uk\/hit.xiti\/?w=150&resize=150 150w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/a1.api.bbc.co.uk\/hit.xiti\/?w=240&resize=240 240w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/a1.api.bbc.co.uk\/hit.xiti\/?w=320&resize=320 320w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/a1.api.bbc.co.uk\/hit.xiti\/?w=500&resize=500 500w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/a1.api.bbc.co.uk\/hit.xiti\/?w=640&resize=640 640w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/a1.api.bbc.co.uk\/hit.xiti\/?w=800&resize=800 800w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/a1.api.bbc.co.uk\/hit.xiti\/?w=1024&resize=1024 1024w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/a1.api.bbc.co.uk\/hit.xiti\/?w=1280&resize=1280 1280w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/a1.api.bbc.co.uk\/hit.xiti\/?w=1600&resize=1600 1600w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/a1.api.bbc.co.uk\/hit.xiti\/\"\/><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/israeli-strike-gaza-school-kills-114802503.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel&rsquo;s military has struck a school near Deir al-Balah, a city in central Gaza, killing at least 30 Palestinians and injuring more<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/israeli-strike-on-gaza-school-kills-30\/27\/07\/2024\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34061,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34059"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34059\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}