UPDATE 2 - At least 32 killed in Israeli strikes on 2 schools sheltering displaced Gazans

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By Mohamed Majed

GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least 32 people were killed Thursday in Israeli airstrikes on two schools sheltering displaced civilians in Gaza City, according to authorities.

Gaza’s Media Office said 29 Palestinians, including 18 children and one woman, were killed, and more than 100 injured in the attack that targeted the Dar Al-Arqam School, where hundreds of civilians have taken refuge in the Tuffah neighborhood.

The Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital received the bodies of three Palestinians who were killed in an airstrike on the Fahd Al-Sabah School, which shelters hundreds of displaced residents, medical sources told Anadolu.

The attack was the latest in a renewed assault that has killed more than 1,160 victims and injured over 2,700 since March 18, shattering a January ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement between Israel and the Palestinian resistance group Hamas.

Israel has systematically targeted civilian facilities, including schools, hospitals, and places of worship, amid its ongoing offensive on the Gaza Strip.

Under the rules of war, targeting such civilian facilities can constitute a war crime.

On Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to escalate attacks on Gaza amid efforts to implement US President Donald Trump's plan to displace Palestinians from the enclave.

More than 50,500 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza in Israel's military onslaught since October 2023, most of them women and children.

The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants last November for Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.

Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its war on the enclave.