At least 50 civilians were killed and hundreds of others injured in a series of Israeli strikes that targeted two schools sheltering displaced persons in the al-Darraj neighborhood, in Gaza City, said sources.
Israeli warplanes and artillery shelled the Salah Ad-Din school run by the United Nations Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) and Martyr Assad Saftawi school in al-Darraj neighborhood, which led to the killing of around 50 displaced people and the injury of hundreds of others.
Dozens of bodies and injured were brought to Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in the nearby al-Zeitoun neighborhood.
Ambulance crews reported that they are facing tremendous difficulties in reaching the two schools to evacuate the bodies and injured as a result of the intensive Israeli shelling against the area.
Source: Palestine news and Information Agency – WAFA