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Israeli airstrikes on two faculty buildings within the north of Gaza Metropolis killed 17 Palestinians, most of them youngsters, and left not less than 63 injured in accordance with Gaza Civil Protection spokesperson Mahmoud Basal on Saturday.

“The faculties had been focused a second time with three missiles, leading to 17 martyrs and dozens of injured people who had been transported to the Baptist Hospital within the metropolis,” Basal mentioned.

In keeping with Gaza Civil Protection, the colleges had been getting used as shelters for folks displaced by violence. Each Al-Huda College and Al-Hamama College, that are adjoining to one another and share the identical playground, had been focused, Basal mentioned.

Requested for touch upon the airstrikes by CNN, the Israel Protection Forces (IDF) mentioned the Israeli Air Drive (IAF) struck alleged terrorists working inside a Hamas command and management heart.

“A short time in the past, with the intelligence course of the IDF and ISA, the IAF struck terrorists working inside a Hamas command and management heart. Prior to now, the compound was referred to as the Hamama faculty within the northern Gaza Strip,” the IDF mentioned in a written assertion despatched to CNN on Saturday.

After the preliminary strike, greater than three missiles struck the realm in a “double faucet” assault, in accordance with Basal.

“The primary bombing was surprising and resulted in numerous martyrs and injured people. Whereas the martyrs and injured had been being retrieved, the occupation forces issued a warning that one other strike was imminent,” Basal mentioned.

The Civil Protection in Gaza revealed an inventory of the names of the killed people, exhibiting that not less than three of the lifeless had been feminine.

“Till now we don’t have the ultimate variety of the deaths, however the preliminary quantity is 17, most of them had been youngsters, till now as a result of rescue operation we’re nonetheless unable to present a ultimate demise toll,” Basal advised CNN in an audio message.

Footage obtained by CNN revealed a grim aftermath, exhibiting the our bodies of residents and injured youngsters on the web site.

Israel launched its army offensive in Gaza on October 7, after terror group Hamas attacked southern Israel. A minimum of 1,200 folks had been killed, and greater than 250 others kidnapped within the Hamas-led assault, in accordance with Israeli authorities.

Israeli army motion within the strip has since killed practically 40,000 Palestinians and injured over 90,000, in accordance with Gaza’s Ministry of Well being. As of early July, practically 2 million folks had been displaced in Gaza – nearly your entire inhabitants, in accordance with figures from the United Nations.