More than 100 people have been killed and dozens wounded in an Israeli strike on a school sheltering displaced people in the Gaza Strip.
Gaza’s civil defence agency said three Israeli rockets hit the al-Tabin school, located in al-Daraj district, describing the incident as a “horrific massacre”, according to Al Jazeera.
“The occupation army directly bombed the displaced people while they were performing the dawn prayer, and this caused the number of martyrs to rise rapidly,” the Gaza Government Media Office said in a statement following the attack on Saturday morning.
“This clearly comes within the framework of the crime of genocide and ethnic cleansing against our Palestinian people,” the statement added.
According to local media reports citing eye witness accounts, around 250 people were inside the prayer hall at the time of the raid.
Palestinian journalist Hossam Shabat reported that rescue teams were unable to help those trapped by the flames as the Israeli military has cut water supply to the area.
In its statement, the Israeli army said its air force struck a “command and control centre” that “served as a hideout for Hamas terrorists and commanders” and was also a shelter for the residents of Gaza City.
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