ReutersIsraeli forces attacked a college close to the central Gaza metropolis of Deir el-Balah, killing a minimum of 30 Palestinians and wounding greater than 100, in line with the Hamas-run well being ministry.
The Israel Protection Forces (IDF) stated on Telegram that the Hamas command and management heart is positioned on the Khadija college.
The IDF added that Hamas makes use of the compound as a hideout to direct and plan assaults and to retailer weapons.
Gaza’s well being ministry stated the video confirmed the victims had been civilians, most of them youngsters. The BBC confirmed a video exhibiting youngsters among the many victims.
Gaza’s civil protection stated faculties had been housing displaced individuals.
Gaza’s well being ministry stated 53 individuals had been killed and 189 injured in IDF bombings in Deir al-Balah and the southern metropolis of Khan Younis since Saturday morning.
The assault comes as Israel continues a months-long navy operation in Gaza that has killed greater than 39,000 Palestinians, in line with Gaza’s well being ministry.
The struggle started when Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, killing about 1,200 individuals and taking 251 hostages.
The assault in Deir al-Balah got here because the IDF ordered civilians within the southern space of Khan Younis on Saturday morning to evacuate to an “adjusted humanitarian zone” within the coastal space of Mawasi, in line with stories.
The Israel Protection Forces stated it was about to “drive motion” after stories of a “giant quantity” of rockets fired into Israel from southern Khan Younis and “correct intelligence indicating that Hamas has embedded” infrastructure in humanitarian areas. The Israeli navy warned civilians that “it has change into harmful to stay within the space”.
Maps launched by the Israel Protection Forces present that the humanitarian zone in Mawasi has shrunk additional. On Monday, the navy ordered the evacuation of a part of the humanitarian zone, shrinking the realm earlier than taking motion in opposition to Palestinian fighters who had apparently regrouped there.
After the evacuation order was issued, Gaza’s Ministry of Well being clarify Israeli assaults round Khan Yunis killed a minimum of 70 individuals.
