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Israeli strike on UNRWA-run school in central Gaza kills 30

Israeli strike on UNRWA-run school kills 30
MENA
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At least 30 Palestinians have been killed, and over 100 have been wounded after an Israeli airstrike targeted a UNRWA-run school in central Gaza.

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Gaza's health ministry said an Israeli strike hit a UNRWA-run school housing a field hospital Saturday, killing at least 30 people and wounding more than 100.

Warplanes targeted the school that was sheltering displaced people in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip.

"A short while ago, the targeting of Khadija school, which had a field medical unit inside it, in Deir el-Balah area, resulted in 30 martyrs and more than 100 wounded," the ministry said in a statement. Israeli military said it carried out a strike on the school targeting "terrorists" operating there.

Elsewhere, at least 10 people were killed in a strike on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. Israel has blamed the attack on Lebanon's Hezbollah, something the Iran-backed group denies.

Tensions are high on the Lebanese-Israeli front, as the US expressed its concerns of an all-out war following the attack.