More than 100 killed in Israeli airstrikes on school in Gaza

TOPSHOT - Displaced Palestinians watch as first responders prepare to transport corpses of people killed in an Israeli strike on a school in Gaza City on August 10, 2024, that killed more than 100 people.

Israeli airstrikes on a school in Gaza that was housing displaced people resulted in the deaths of more than 100 Palestinians, as Israel continues its months-long aggression on the besieged territory.

The Islamic Jihad Palestinian military group said that the strike took place "during the dawn prayer".

Ismail Al-Thawabta, director general of the Gaza government media office, told AFP that the strike "resulted in more than 100 martyrs and dozens of injuries, most of which are in severe and critical condition".

The Israeli military said it struck a Hamas "command and control centre" that was "embedded" in Al-Tabi'een school in the Daraj neighbourhood.

"Numerous steps were taken to mitigate the risk of harming civilians, including the use of precise munitions, aerial surveillance, and intelligence information," a statement said.

Gaza government media sources said the school was housing about 250 women and children, about half of them women and children.

The strike comes two days after Gazan authorities said more than 18 people were killed in Israeli strikes on two other schools in Gaza City, with the military saying at the time it had struck Hamas command centres.

Israel has vowed to destroy the Palestinian group in retaliation for its Oct. 7 attack, but agreed to resume talks next week at the request of international mediators following intense diplomacy aimed at averting a region-wide conflagration.

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