By Ramzi Mahmud
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) - At least seven Palestinians, including a two-day-old infant, were killed on Saturday when an Israeli airstrike targeted a school sheltering displaced Palestinians in Gaza City, according to the Palestinian Civil Defense.
"Seven martyrs and 12 injured have been recovered from the rubble of al-Majda Waseela Secondary School, with casualties transferred to the Baptist Hospital and Shifa Hospital,” the Civil Defense said in a statement.
Among the victims was two-day-old infant Janan al-Ghurra, according to an Anadolu reporter on the ground.
According to eyewitnesses, the school was overcrowded with displaced Palestinians, many of whom had fled from the northern areas of Gaza.
In addition to housing displaced families, the school had been hosting makeshift classes for high school students, organized by local initiatives to prepare students for exams amidst the ongoing war.
Israel has launched a genocidal war on the Gaza Strip that has killed more than 44,800 victims, mostly women and children, since an attack by the Palestinian resistance group, Hamas, on Oct. 7, 2023.
The second year of genocide in Gaza has drawn growing international condemnation, with officials and institutions labeling the attacks and the blocking of aid deliveries as a deliberate attempt to destroy a population.
The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants last month for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defense chief Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.
Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its war on Gaza.
*Writing by Ikram Kouachi