Skip next section Gaza reports school strike, 100 feared dead
08/10/2024August 10, 2024
Gaza reports school strike, 100 feared dead
Authorities in said an Israeli strike on a Gaza City school being used as a shelter for displaced people killed dozens early on Saturday.
The official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported between 90 and 100 dead, and Gaza civil defense spokesman Mahmud Bassal told the AFP news agency that the death toll was between 90 and 100.
The civil defense agency spoke of a “horrific massacre” and said some bodies caught fire.
Bassal said three Israeli rockets hit the facility in Daraj in eastern Gaza City.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF), meanwhile, said it had struck “terrorists operating within a Hamas command and control center embedded within” a school.
The IDF accused Hamas of “systematically” using civilians “as a human shield for terrorist activity.” It also claimed that it had taken several steps to try to limit the possibility of civilian casualties.
The area, near a mosque in the Daraj district of eastern Gaza City, was being used as a shelter for displaced Palestinians.
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08/10/2024August 10, 2024
CENTCOM reports strikes on Houthis
US Central Command said in an update online that its forces destroyed an missile launcher and an uncrewed surface vessel in Houthi-controlled areas of on Friday.
It also said its forces destroyed two uncrewed aerial vehicles, over the Red Sea.
“These weapons presented a clear and imminent threat to US and coalition forces, and merchant vessels in the region,” CENTCOM said.
which the group says is a response to Israel’s military campaign in Gaza.
tj,msh/sms,ab (AP, AFP, Reuters, DPA)
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