{"id":46849,"date":"2024-10-24T15:01:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T15:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/israeli-airstrike-on-school-building-kills-17-in-gaza\/"},"modified":"2024-10-24T15:01:00","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T15:01:00","slug":"israeli-airstrike-on-school-building-kills-17-in-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/?p=46849","title":{"rendered":"Israeli airstrike on school building kills 17 in Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The government media office said &#8220;thousands of displaced people\u201d were using the school as a shelter when the strike hit, \u201cmost of them children and women&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Nine children were among the 17 killed, with more than 52 injured, the media office added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Mahmud Bassal, spokesman for Gaza&#8217;s civil defence agency, also told AFP that 17 people were killed and dozens wounded.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In recent weeks, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has hit several buildings being used as shelters across Gaza, saying it was targeting Hamas personnel and infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Israel does not allow international media organisations &#8211; including the BBC &#8211; independent access to Gaza, making it difficult to verify facts on the ground, so we rely on information from video footage and testimonies, as well as Israeli and Hamas official statements.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In northern Gaza, the IDF has been intensifying a weeks-long offensive against what it said were Hamas fighters who had regrouped there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">At least 650 people have been killed since the new offensive in the north began, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Israeli military said it was facilitating evacuations of civilians while it continued \u201coperating against terrorists and terrorist infrastructure\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But residents unwilling or unable to comply with Israeli evacuation orders are said to be living in increasingly desperate conditions, with food and other essential supplies running out.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/ce3y1r24992o\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The government media office said &#8220;thousands of displaced people\u201d were using the school as a shelter&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46852,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[404,842,190,295,192,191],"class_list":["post-46849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-stories","tag-airstrike","tag-building","tag-gaza","tag-israeli","tag-kills","tag-school"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.0 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - 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