The Israeli military ordered more evacuations in southern Gaza early Sunday after a deadly air strike on a school-turned-shelter in the north on Saturday killed at least 90 Palestinians, according to the territory's civil defence agency. Israel said the strike targeted a militant command post and killed at least 19 fighters. Read our blog to see how the day's events unfolded.
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The Israeli military ordered more evacuations in southern Gaza early Sunday after a deadly air strike on a school-turned-shelter in the north on Saturday killed at least 90 Palestinians, according to local health authorities.
- At least 39,790 Palestinians have been killed and 92,002 injured in Israel's war in Gaza, according to the health ministry in the Hamas-run enclave. The Hamas-led October 7 attacks resulted in the deaths of more than 1,190 people, mostly civilians, according to official Israeli figures. Some 250 people were taken hostage, with about 120 remaining in Gaza. Many have been declared dead by Israeli authorities.
Yesterday's key developments:
- At least 90 people were killed in an Israeli strike on a school housing displaced people in Gaza City, the war-torn Palestinian territory's civil defence agency said on Saturday.
- The Israeli military defended the attack in a statement, saying “at least 19 Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists” were killed and that the munitions used “cannot cause the amount of damage” being reported in Gaza.
- International condemnation followed Israel’s deadly strike on the Tabeen school complex. Turkey called it a "new crime against humanity", France "firmly condemned" the strike, the UK said it was "appalled" by the attack and the US expressed "deep concern" and underscored the "urgency of a ceasefire and hostage deal”.
- Hamas denounced a "dangerous escalation" after the Israeli strike.
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Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah group said it launched on Saturday explosive-laden drones at a northern Israel army base following the killing of a Hamas commander in south Lebanon a day earlier.
Gaza’s health ministry collects data from the enclave’s hospitals and the Palestinian Red Crescent. For more on the health ministry’s casualty figures, click here.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP & Reuters)
