An Israeli airstrike on a school housing displaced civilians in northern Gaza killed at least 15 people, including five children, on Thursday, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. The attack hit the Abu Hussein school in Jabaliya, an urban refugee camp, where the ongoing Israeli air and ground offensive has intensified over the past week. The Israeli military stated that the attack targeted dozens of Hamas and Islamic Jihad militants who had reportedly gathered at the school.
The incident marks a deadly escalation in the conflict and further highlights the number of civilian casualties amid ongoing hostilities in the region. Fares Abu Hamza, head of the ministry’s emergency unit in northern Gaza, confirmed the death toll and said dozens of people were injured. He said the nearby Kamal Adwan Hospital was struggling to treat victims. “Many women and children are in critical condition,” he said.
The military said it targeted a command center run by both militant groups inside the school. He provided a list of dozens of names of people he identified as militants who were present when the strike was called. The names could not immediately be verified.
US warning to Israel
Previously, on October 15, the United States warned Israel that it must increase the amount of humanitarian aid it allows into Gaza in the next 30 days or risk losing access to American weapons funding. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin warned their Israeli counterparts in a letter dated Sunday that changes must occur. The letter, which reaffirms US policy toward humanitarian aid and arms transfers, was sent amid deteriorating conditions in northern Gaza and an Israeli airstrike on a tent at a hospital in central Gaza. Gaza that killed at least four people and burned others.
(With AP inputs)
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