Sharjah 24 – AFP: The health ministry in Gaza said an Israeli strike Saturday on a school killed 30 people, after a days-long military operation further south left around 170 dead, according to the civil defence agency.
Since July 6 at least eight schools -- including the latest one -- have been hit leaving more than 100 people dead, based on a tally of tolls given by the health ministry and a hospital source.
With most of Gaza's 2.4 million people displaced at least once during the war, many have sought refuge in school buildings including the one hit on Saturday.
The latest strike in the Deir el-Balah city area targeted Khadija School, the health ministry said. More than 100 people were wounded, it added.
Further south, in the Khan Yunis city area, around 170 people have been killed "and hundreds wounded" during an Israeli operation over several days there, Gaza's Civil Defence Agency said.
It issued the toll after the military earlier Saturday warned of new operations in the area and issued fresh evacuation orders for residents of Khan Yunis, where troops had earlier recovered the bodies of five Israelis.
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