GAZA — Three Palestinians were killed and 15 others injured in an Israeli airstrike in the central Gaza Strip, said Palestinian sources on Wednesday.
The Civil Defense in Gaza said in a press statement that its team recovered the bodies and injuries from the Nuseirat Elementary School housing displaced persons in the Nuseirat camp in central Gaza.
Local eyewitnesses told Xinhua that an Israeli warplane bombed the Nuseirat Elementary School with at least one missile, causing heavy damage to the infrastructure.
Israeli army spokesperson Avichay Adraee said in a press statement that with intelligence guidance, the Israeli air force carried out a strike on “terrorists who were operating in a command and control complex in an area previously used as the Nuseirat Girls School in central Gaza.”
The statement added that the command and control complex was used by Hamas members “to plan and carry out terrorist operations against IDF forces and the State of Israel.”
Israel launched a large-scale offensive against Hamas in Gaza to retaliate against a Hamas rampage through the southern Israeli border on Oct. 7, 2023, during which 1,200 people were killed and about 250 others taken hostage.
The Palestinian death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks in the strip has risen to 41,689, the Gaza-based health authorities said in a statement on Wednesday.
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