An Israeli strike on a school sheltering displaced Palestinians in central Gaza killed at least 16 people on Saturday and wounded dozens, local officials said.
Israel’s military said the strike in Nuseirat had targeted militants who were using structures in the area of the Al Jaouni school as a “hide-out and operational infrastructure” to direct and carry out attacks on its forces.
It said it had taken steps to reduce the risk of harming civilians before the strike on Saturday, which came after Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, said late last month that the end of the “intense phase” of the war was “very close”.
However, the Palestinian health ministry said that, in addition to the deaths, 50 people had been injured in the strike, and accused Israeli forces of committing a “massacre”.
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