7 Palestinians, including children, killed in Israeli airstrike on school sheltering displaced in Gaza

By Mohamed Majed

GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) - At least seven Palestinians, including children and women, were killed on Saturday in an Israeli airstrike targeting a school run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) in western Gaza that was providing shelter to displaced families.

According to Palestinian medics who spoke to Anadolu, the Israeli attack on the school resulted in seven fatalities and multiple injuries, with the wounded being transported to nearby hospitals.

Witnesses said the airstrike targeted the Asma school in the Shati refugee camp, which is currently housing thousands of displaced Palestinians.

The school was being used as a shelter for families who had fled the ongoing bombardment in northern Gaza.

Israel has killed more than 42,500 people in Gaza since a cross-border incursion by Hamas. It killed the group's leader, Yahya Sinwar, earlier this week. Sinwar had taken charge after the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh on July 31 in Tehran.

* Writing by Ikram Kouachi