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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Lorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem and agencies

Israeli strike on Khan Younis shelter kills at least 31 amid surge in Gaza fighting

A Palestinian woman hugs her son wounded in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in a hospital in Khan Younis.
A Palestinian woman hugs her wounded son in a hospital in Khan Younis following an Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip. Photograph: Jehad Alshrafi/AP

An Israeli airstrike on the entrance of a school-turned-shelter in southern Gaza has killed at least 31 people as a stepped-up military offensive in the territory sent thousands fleeing in search of refuge.

The airstrike on Tuesday afternoon hit the tents of displaced families outside a school in the town of Abassan, east of Khan Younis. Officials at the nearby Nasser hospital said on Wednesday that 31 people had been killed, including eight children, and more than 50 wounded.

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