Destroyed buildings in central Gaza remain in ruins from an Israeli perspective on January 13, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas near the Gaza border.
Amir Cohen | Reuters
Israeli air strikes on a mosque and a school housing displaced people in the Gaza Strip early Sunday morning killed at least 24 people and injured 93 others, the media office of the Hamas-controlled Gaza government said.
The attacks on mosques and schools near Al-Aqsa hospital in Deir el-Balah in central Gaza came as the enclave neared its first anniversary of the war between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.
The Israeli military said in its own statement that it “carried out precision strikes against Hamas terrorists” who were at the Ibn Rashid School and Shuhada Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Deir al-Bala area. Activities within the command and control center.
The latest bloodshed in the decades-long Israeli-Palestinian conflict triggered On October 7, 2023, Hamas attacked southern Israel, killing 1,200 people About 250 people were taken hostageaccording to Israeli statistics.
Israel's subsequent military attack on Gaza Nearly 42,000 Palestinians have diedAccording to the Ministry of Health in Gaza. It also displaced nearly all of the enclave's 2.3 million people, causing hunger crisis and lead to genocide charges in the world court Israel denies.