Attack targets Ahmed Abdel Aziz School in Khan Younis city, witnesses say
At least 15 Palestinians, including children, were killed, and several others injured in an Israeli strike on a school-turned shelter in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis Sunday evening, a medical source said.
Witnesses said the strike targeted the Ahmed Abdel Aziz School west of the city, where hundreds of displaced civilians have sheltered.
The source said children were among the victims, without giving an exact figure.
The Civil Defense Service confirmed the attack, saying its medical teams had recovered the bodies of several people after the attack.
Israel has systematically targeted civilian facilities, including schools, hospitals, and places of worship, in its ongoing offensive on the Gaza Strip.
Under the rules of war, targeting such civilian facilities can constitute a war crime.
Israel has launched a genocidal war on the Gaza Strip that has killed nearly 45,000 victims, mostly women and children, since a Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023.
The second year of genocide in Gaza has drawn growing international condemnation, with officials and institutions labeling the attacks and the blocking of aid deliveries as a deliberate attempt to destroy a population.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants last month for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defense chief Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.
Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its war on Gaza.
