CAIRO, Oct 6 – At least 24 people were killed and 93 others wounded when Israeli airstrikes targeted a mosque and a school sheltering displaced people in the Gaza Strip early on Sunday morning, the Hamas-run Gaza government media office said.
Gaza’s civil defense agency said Sunday an Israeli strike on a mosque-turned-shelter in central Deir al-Balah killed 24 people, while Israel’s military said it had targeted Hamas militants.
“The number of deaths rose to 24 and a large number of wounded as a result of the occupation (Israel) bombing of a mosque sheltering displaced people in front of the gate of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip,” said agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal.
The Israeli military said in a statement that it had “conducted a precise strike on Hamas terrorists who were operating within a command and control center” at the mosque.
