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The weekend massacre is already here :(

More than 100 reported killed in Israeli attack on school in Gaza City

Our Al Jazeera Arabic colleagues are reporting that more than 100 people have been killed following an Israeli attack on a school in the centre of Gaza City.

The bomb struck at dawn during morning prayers in the al-Daraj neighbourhood. Local media is reporting that a fire has broken out at the school and rescue teams are working to contain it.

Israeli military claims ‘terrorists’ operating inside school

The Israeli military has claimed that a school it bombed in a deadly attack at dawn this morning was serving as a “Hamas headquarters” and contained “terrorists”.

Earlier, we reported that the school in Gaza City’s al-Daraj neighbourhood was bombed during morning prayers, killing more than 100 people. Local media is reporting that a fire has broken out at the school and rescue teams are working to contain it.

An Israeli military statement said they had “raided 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 preliminary death toll, the Israeli military has claimed that “several steps were taken to reduce the possibility of civilian casualties”.

Still zero evidence of any fighters using any of all the recently bombed schools. Since the West stopped paying attention to Gaza, the IDF just keeps using the same excuse to systematically bomb all shelters.