People mourn for victims killed in an Israeli airstrike at Salah al-Din school in Gaza City, on Aug. 21, 2024. At least five Palestinians were killed and many others injured by an Israeli airstrike on the Salah al-Din school in Gaza City, local medical sources said on Wednesday. (Photo by Mahmoud Zaki/Xinhua)
GAZA, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- At least five Palestinians were killed and many others injured by an Israeli airstrike on the Salah al-Din school in Gaza City, local medical sources said on Wednesday.
Avichay Adraee, spokesperson for the Israeli army, confirmed the attack in a statement, saying that "a Hamas military compound in the Salah al-Din school in Gaza City was targeted."
"Fighter jets from the Air Force, with precise targeting and intelligence from military intelligence, the Shin Bet, and the Southern Command, attacked terrorists from the Hamas organization who were located in a command and control facility camouflaged in the school," Adraee added.
Earlier in the day, the Israeli army issued new evacuation orders in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, urging civilians to move towards the western neighborhoods of the city.
During the past 24 hours, the Israeli military killed 50 people and wounded 124 others in the Gaza Strip, bringing the total Palestinian death toll to 40,223 and injuries to 92,981 since the outbreak of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict in October of last year, Gaza-based health authorities said in a statement on Wednesday.
Israel has been conducting a large-scale offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip in retaliation for a Hamas attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, during which about 1,200 people were killed and around 250 others were taken hostage. ■
People mourn for victims killed in an Israeli airstrike at Salah al-Din school in Gaza City, on Aug. 21, 2024. At least five Palestinians were killed and many others injured by an Israeli airstrike on the Salah al-Din school in Gaza City, local medical sources said on Wednesday. (Photo by Mahmoud Zaki/Xinhua)
A woman mourns over the body of a victim killed in an Israeli airstrike at Salah al-Din school in Gaza City, on Aug. 21, 2024. At least five Palestinians were killed and many others injured by an Israeli airstrike on the Salah al-Din school in Gaza City, local medical sources said on Wednesday. (Photo by Mahmoud Zaki/Xinhua)
A man holds the body of a victim killed in an Israeli airstrike at Salah al-Din school in Gaza City, on Aug. 21, 2024. At least five Palestinians were killed and many others injured by an Israeli airstrike on the Salah al-Din school in Gaza City, local medical sources said on Wednesday. (Photo by Mahmoud Zaki/Xinhua)
People are seen at Salah al-Din school after an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, on Aug. 21, 2024. At least five Palestinians were killed and many others injured by an Israeli airstrike on the Salah al-Din school in Gaza City, local medical sources said on Wednesday. (Photo by Mahmoud Zaki/Xinhua)
