An Israeli airstrike at a school in Gaza Thursday claimed the lives of more than 35 people, with many more injured, according to local officials.
The Israel Defense Forces defended the “precise attack” on the compound embedded within a school in Nussierat and said it took out 20-30 terrorists, some of whom it alleged participated in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack.
The Gaza Ministry of Health, led by Hamas, posted on social media that those killed in a strike on the Al-Nusseirat Boys Preparatory school included 14 children and nine women.
The death toll has not been independently verified. The Gaza Ministry of Health has been repeatedly accused of dramatically inflating the death toll following an attack.
Lt. Col. Peter Lerner, an Israeli military spokesman, said he was “not aware of any civilian casualties.”
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