- Title: Aftermath of Israeli strike on a school sheltering the displaced in Gaza City
- Date: 4th April 2025
- Summary: GAZA CITY, GAZA (APRIL 4, 2025) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF DESTRUCTION FOLLOWING ISRAELI STRIKE ON THE DAR AL-ARQAM SCHOOL BUILDING IN GAZA CITY WHERE DISPLACED FAMILIES WERE SHELTERING / PEOPLE WALKING ON RUBBLE CHILDREN STANDING ON RUBBLE VARIOUS OF PEOPLE SEARCHING THROUGH THE RUBBLE (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) DISPLACED PALESTINIAN WHOSE DAUGHTER WAS INJURED IN THE STRIKE, AHMED DA
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- Keywords: AFTERMATH GAZA ISAREL PALESTINIANS SCHOOL WAR
- Location: GAZA CITY, GAZA
- City: GAZA CITY, GAZA
- Country: Palestinian Occupied Territory
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Middle East
- Reuters ID: LVA001422904042025RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Palestinians in Gaza City inspected on Friday (April 4) the site of Thursday (April 3)'s Israeli strike on a school building where displaced families were sheltering, which killed at least 27 people including women and children, according to Gaza health authorities.
The Israeli military said the Dar Al-Arqam school building in Tuffah neighbourhood in Gaza City had been used a command and control centre by Hamas militants and accused the fighters of deliberately using civilian infrastructure as bases. Hamas denies that it operates among civilians.
Israeli troops moved into an area of northern Gaza to expand what they call a security zone around the edge of the enclave, the military said on Friday, days after the government announced plans to seize large areas with an operation in the south.
Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have been fleeing their homes in recent days in one of the biggest mass exoduses of the war, as Israeli forces have moved to expand the territory under their control.
The war began when Hamas fighters stormed into Israeli communities on October 7, 2023, killing 1,200 people and capturing more than 250 hostages, by Israeli tallies. Since then, Israel has reduced much of Gaza to ruins and killed more than 50,000 Palestinians, according to the enclave's health authorities.
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