GAZA: Gaza’s civil defence agency said an Israeli air strike on a school-turned-shelter on Saturday (Jan 11) killed eight people, including two children, while the Israeli military said it targeted Hamas militants.
Agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal confirmed eight people, including two children and two women, were killed by Israeli shelling on the Halwa school in the northern Gaza city of Jabalia.
Bassal said the strike would 30 people, including 19 children, and that the Halwa school housed “thousands of displaced people”.
The Israeli military, in a statement, acknowledged it conducted a strike on the facility.
Source: CNA
