75 out of 93 bodies identified in Gaza after Israeli school strike, officials say
The Hindu
Israeli air strike on Gaza school kills 93, including 11 children and 6 women, targeting Hamas militants.
Gaza officials told AFP on Monday (August 12, 2024) they had identified 75 of 93 Palestinians killed in an Israeli air strike on a school building, while Israel's military said the weekend raid had "eliminated" 31 militants.
Civil defence rescuers in the Hamas-ruled territory said the Al-Tabieen religious school in Gaza City was struck on Saturday (August 10, 2024) as displaced Palestinians sheltering there gathered for dawn prayers.
The Israeli military has published the names and pictures of 31 people it said were militants who died in the raid.
Previously it had reported 19 militants were killed there.
AFP was unable to independently verify the death toll at the school, which the Israeli military said it targeted because it housed a Hamas command and control base.
"There are 93 dead in the Al-Tabieen school strike, 75 of them have been identified," Gaza civil defence agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP on Monday (August 12, 2024).
"The others have not yet been identified because some bodies are torn and charred by the bombardment."
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