The spokesperson for the Civil Defense of the Palestinian territory, Mahmoud Bassal, indicated: “An airstrike targeting the Mousa ibn Nousayr school, which hosts thousands of displaced people in eastern Gaza City, left eight martyrs, including four children. »
The Israeli army said in a statement that it had carried out an attack during the night from Saturday to Sunday. “targeted strike against Hamas terrorists who were operating” within the establishment “to prepare terrorist attacks against Israeli troops and the State of Israel” . “Multiple measures were taken before the strike to reduce the risk of hitting civilians”she clarified.
According to Civil Defense, “an Israeli airstrike targeting the home of the Abu Samra family in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip”left 13 other victims. Four deaths were also reported “after a civilian car was targeted by an Israeli drone” Sunday morning in Gaza City, and three dead, “unidentified”In “an Israeli airstrike east of the town of Rafah”in the south of the territory.
Israel denounces Pope Francis' condemnations
Pope Francis condemned the “cruelty” of an Israeli strike that killed seven children in Gaza the day before, according to Civil Defense. A “blacklisting” denounced by Israel, which accused the pope of doing “double standards” and to be “disconnected” of “real context” why “fight against terrorism”.