Dozens of Palestinians are reported to have been killed as Israel has stepped up its military operations across Gaza.Gaza’s Health Ministry reported on Wednesday that at least 51 people had been killed in the enclave over the previous 24 hours, as the Israeli military has stepped up attacks alongside its ongoing air and ground offensive in Lebanon.
Overnight, Israeli fighter jets launched an attack on Gaza City, targeting the Al-Amal Orphanage located in the western part of the city and the Muscat School situated in the Tuffah neighborhood.
The Palestinian news agency Wafa reports that at least nine displaced persons who were taking refuge at the locations lost their lives. Meanwhile, the Israeli military declared that it will assault Gaza’s central “Brig High School.” It was unclear at the time of reporting exactly where the target was, and it was also unknown if any people had died.
The army claimed in different releases that Hamas was using the orphanage and the two schools as “command and control complexes” to organize and conduct out operations.
Israel has hit dozens of schools, many of them being used to shelter displaced people, in Gaza throughout its yearlong war in the enclave, claiming they were being used by the armed group.
In southern Gaza, air attacks accompanied the arrival of tanks in three neighbourhoods of Khan Younis. At least 32 people were killed and dozens injured, the city’s European Hospital said, according to The Associated Press news agency.