Civil Defense of the Gaza Strip administered by Hamas reported, on Saturday August 10, 90 to 100 deaths and “dozens injured” in an Israeli bombing on a school in Gaza City, the Israeli army claiming to have struck “terrorists” operating in a “command center” of the Palestinian Islamist movement. Civil Defense spokesman Mahmoud Bassal initially reported 40 dead. According to him, the school al-Tabi’een, who hosted “Palestinian displaced persons”was targeted by three strikes. He describes a “atrocious massacre”evoking burning bodies.
For its part, the Israeli army indicated in a statement published on the social network X that “According to Israeli intelligence, about 20 Hamas and Islamic Jihad militants, including high-ranking commanders, were operating from the compound hit at Al-Tabi’een school.”. Follow our live.
Hamas denounces a “dangerous escalation”. “The massacre at Al-Tabi’een school in central Gaza City is a horrific crime”the Palestinian Islamist movement criticized in a statement. The strike, carried out at dawn “targeted a crowded school, where displaced people were present, during morning prayers”he added.
Gaza truce talks scheduled for August 15 Israel has agreed to send “On August 15, a delegation of negotiators will meet at a location to be agreed upon to conclude the details of the implementation of an agreement.”Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Friday.
Two schools in Gaza had already been targeted on Thursday. The Gaza Civil Defense reported 18 deaths, while the Israeli army assured that these establishments housed Hamas command centers.