UPDATE – At least 29 killed in Israeli strike on school sheltering displaced Gazans

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By Mohamed Majed

GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least 29 people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a school sheltering displaced civilians in Gaza City on Thursday evening, local authorities said.

Gaza’s government media office said 18 children and one woman were among the victims, and more than 100 people were injured in the attack that targeted the Dar Al-Arqam School, where hundreds of civilians have taken refuge in the Tuffah neighborhood.

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.