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At least 26 people have been killed and 93 others wounded after Israeli airstrikes targeted a mosque and a school sheltering displaced people in the Gaza Strip, the Hamas-run health ministry has said.
The strikes on the mosque and the school, near the Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, came as the war between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas in the enclave approaches its first anniversary tomorrow.
In its own statement, the Israeli military said it conducted “precise strikes on Hamas terrorists” who were operating within command and control centers embedded in Ibn Rushd School and the Shuhada al-Aqsa Mosque in the area of Deir al Balah.
In Beirut, meanwhile, air strikes lit up the skyline and loud explosions echoed across the southern suburbs, known as the Dahiyeh, as Lebanon suffered one of the most intense nights of Israeli aerial attacks since the start of this conflict last month.
Footage showed a huge fireball exploding against the night sky in what was believed to be a petrol station in the Lebanese capital.
