At least seven killed in Israeli strike on Gaza school sheltering displaced people

GAZA, Dec. 20 (YPA) – At least seven Palestinian citizens were killed and others wounded on Friday evening after an Israeli strike targeted a school sheltering displaced people in the al-Tuffah neighborhood east of Gaza City.

SND News Agency reported that that Israeli tank shelled a Ministry of Education-run center sheltering dozens of displaced families, killing at least seven people, some bodies torn to pieces,

Sources added that Israeli forces prevented ambulance and civil defense crews from reaching the scene to recover the dead and evacuate the injured, as heavy gunfire continued around the school.

According to preliminary information from shelter administrators, the attack targeted the second floor of the school building, where many of the displaced civilians were gathered to attend a wedding celebration, causing an even higher number of casualties.

Israeli occupation forces continue to fire heavily on the school, sources said, making it difficult for civilians to move or for evacuation operations to proceed.

@E.Y.M