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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Bethan McKernan in Jerusalem

At least 27 killed in Israeli bombing of shelter in Gaza City, rescuers say

Smoke rises after an Israeli airstrike
Smoke rises after an Israeli airstrike on a school turned shelter in the al-Tuffah neighbourhood of Gaza City. Photograph: Mohammed Saber/EPA

An Israeli bombing of a school turned shelter in Gaza City has killed at least 27 people, rescuers said, and hundreds of thousands in the Rafah area are fleeing in one of the biggest mass displacements of the war amid Israel’s newly announced campaign to “divide up” the Gaza Strip.

Three missiles hit Dar al-Arqam school in al-Tuffah neighbourhood on Thursday afternoon, the civil defence agency spokesperson Mahmoud Bassal said, killing several children and wounding 100 people.

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