DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli strike on a school in northern Gaza on Saturday killed at least 22 people, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, while the Israeli army said it targeted a Hamas command center in what used to be a school.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip warned that electric generators will stop working within 10 days in all health facilities, due to the lack of oils, filters

The number of people killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut on Friday has risen significantly, Lebanese officials say, with several children and women among the dead. All day on Saturday, rescuers searched through the rubble after a high-rise building collapsed and others were partially destroyed in the attack.

This comes as Israeli airstrike targets Health Ministry’s storage facilities in Rafah, ministry says - Anadolu Ajansı

An Israeli strike on a school in northern Gaza on Saturday killed at least 22 people, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, while the Israeli army said that it targeted a Hamas command center in what used to be a school.

A Palestinian inspects the damage to a school sheltering displaced people after it was hit by an Israeli strike, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, at Beach refugee camp in Gaza City, September 22, 2024.

Palestinian health authorities said the attack killed 22 people, mostly women and children, who had sought shelter at the Zeitoun School in Gaza City. Israel said it believed Hamas militants were using the building.

At least 13 Palestinians were killed by an Israeli strike that hit a school sheltering displaced people in southern Gaza City, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reported on Saturday. The Reuters Daily Briefing newsletter provides all the news you need to start your day.