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Israeli strike kills at least 29 at Gaza displacement camp [1]
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Date: 2024-08
At least 29 Palestinians have been killed and dozens wounded in an Israeli air strike on a tent camp for displaced people outside a school in southern Gaza, hospital officials say.
Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry said Tuesday’s strike hit next to the gate of al-Awda school in the town of Abasan al-Kabira, east of the city of Khan Younis.
One eyewitness described the number of casualties as “unimaginable”.
The Israeli military said it had used "precise munition" to target a "terrorist from Hamas' military wing" who had taken part in the 7 October attack on Israel. It also said it was "looking into the reports that civilians were harmed" adjacent to the school.
The strike was condemned by the European Union and Germany.
"People seeking shelter in schools getting killed is unacceptable," the German foreign ministry said in a statement on X. "The repeated attacks on schools by the Israeli army must stop and an investigation must come quickly."
The incident comes a week after the Israeli military ordered civilians to evacuate Abasan al-Kabira and other areas of eastern Khan Younis, prompting tens of thousands to flee.
Much of the city was destroyed in a long Israeli offensive earlier this year, but large numbers of Palestinians had moved there to escape the continuing Israeli operation in nearby Rafah.
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