At least 16 people have been killed in an Israeli air strike on a school in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian officials have said. Dozens more have been injured.
The building was sheltering thousands of displaced people at Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.
The Israel Defence Force (IDF) said it struck several “terrorists operating in structures located in the area of Al-Jaouni School”.
Meanwhile, there have been reports that 10 people were killed in a separate airstrike on a house at the camp.
Video from the scene of the Nuseirat school strike shows adults and children screaming in a smoke-filled street covered in dust and rubble, as they run to help the wounded.
Eyewitnesses told the BBC that the attack targeted the upper floors of the school, which is located near a busy market.
The BBC understands that up to 7,000 people were using the building as shelter.
One woman told the AFP news agency how some children were killed as they were reading the Koran when the building was hit.
“This is the fourth time they have targeted the school without warning,” she said.
A local source said the target was a room allegedly used by Hamas police. The BBC is unable to verify this claim.
