Angalau watu 20 wameuawa katika shambulio la anga la Israel kwenye shule ya Fahmi al-Jarjawi mjini Gaza, ambapo wakimbizi wa ndani walikuwa wakijihifadhi, kwa mujibu wa waokoaji. Zaidi ya watu 60 walijeruhiwa, wengi wao wakiwa watoto.
Jeshi la Israel limesema lililenga kituo cha uongozi wa Hamas na Islamic Jihad kilichokuwa ndani ya shule hiyo, likisisitiza kuwa walichukua tahadhari kupunguza madhara kwa raia.
Shambulio hili linakuja wakati mashambulizi ya Israel dhidi ya Gaza yameongezeka, huku msaada wa kibinadamu ukiwa bado ni mdogo sana licha ya kuanza tena kutolewa baada ya karibu miezi mitatu ya kuzuiwa.
Viongozi wa dunia waliokutana Madrid mwishoni mwa wiki wametaka vita hivyo vikomeshwe, wakivitaja kuwa "visivyo vya kibinadamu" na "visivyo na maana".
Wakati huo huo, Rais wa zamani wa Marekani Donald Trump amesema anataka kuona uwezekano wa kumaliza mapigano hayo haraka iwezekanavyo.
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Rescuers said an Israeli strike on Monday killed at least 20 people at a Gaza school sheltering displaced people, as Israel steps up what it calls an offensive to destroy Hamas.
The intensified violence, after a nearly three-month blockade of humanitarian supplies into the Gaza Strip, has sharpened international condemnation of Israel.World leaders meeting in Madrid at the weekend called for an end to the "inhumane" and "senseless" war, while humanitarian organisations said the trickle of resumed aid is not nearly enough to staunch the hunger and health crises.
In Gaza City, civil defence agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal said that "at least 20 martyrs" were transported to hospital, most of them children, and 60 people were wounded in the "horrific occupation massacre at the Fahmi al-Jarjawi school" at dawn, where hundreds of people were sheltering, referring to Israel.
The Israeli military said it had "struck key terrorists who were operating within a Hamas and Islamic Jihad command and control center embedded in an area that previously served as the 'Faami Aljerjawi' School in the Gaza City area", adding that "numerous steps were taken to mitigate the risk of harming civilians".
Source: The Hindustan Times
