Over 100 killed in Israeli attack on Gaza school

At least 100 people have been killed following an Israeli attack on a school in the centre of Gaza City, Al Jazeera reported Saturday.

The attacked was carried out during morning prayers in the Daraj neighbourhood with rescue work is underway, local media reported.

The Israeli military confirmed the attack saying that they stuck a school this morning which is serving as a “Hamas headquarters” and contained “terrorists”.

The statement read that the forces carried out an operation against terrorists who worked in a military command headquarters that was located inside the ‘Al-Tabi’in’ school.

It added that “Hamas terrorists used the headquarters to hide and to promote various terrorist attacks against IDF forces and the State of Israel”.

Despite the large death toll, the Israeli military has claimed that “several steps were taken to reduce the possibility of civilian casualties”.