At least seven people have died and others have been injured in an Israeli attack on a former school building in the north of the Gaza Strip, Palestinian sources reported on Sunday.<\/p>\n
The general director of the Hamas-controlled housing ministry was among the dead, medical sources said.<\/p>\n
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it had carried out a precision attack on terrorists making use of the former school to mount attacks.<\/p>\n
“This is a further example of the Hamas terrorist organization’s systematic abuse of civilian infrastructure in violation of international law,” the IDF wrote on its Telegram channel. It said Israeli forces had taken a number of measures to reduce danger to civilians but “will continue to act against terrorist organizations that use schools and civilian institutions as shelter.”<\/p>\n
The information from both sides could not be independently verified.<\/p>\n