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Rescuers say 12 killed in Israeli strike on shelter for displaced


A mourner reacts holding a child during the funeral of Palestinians, who, according to Gaza's health ministry, were killed in an overnight Israeli strike on a tent, at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, July 3, 2025. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Gaza's civil defence agency said an Israeli air strike Thursday hit a school sheltering displaced Palestinians, killing at least 12, mostly women and children.

Civil defence official Mohammad al-Mughayyir told AFP there were "12 martyrs, the majority of them children and women, and a large number of injuries in an Israeli air strike on the Mustafa Hafez School, which shelters displaced persons, in the al-Rimal neighbourhood in western Gaza City". Contacted by AFP, the Israeli military told AFP it "will try to look into" the report.

Gaza's civil defence agency said an Israeli air strike Thursday hit a school sheltering displaced Palestinians, killing at least 12, mostly women and children.

Civil defence official Mohammad al-Mughayyir told AFP there were "12 martyrs, the majority of them children and women, and a large number of injuries in an Israeli air strike on the Mustafa Hafez School, which shelters displaced persons, in the al-Rimal neighbourhood in western Gaza City". Contacted by AFP, the Israeli military told AFP it "will try to look into" the report.