The Israeli army claimed the strike targeted a Hamas command center and that precautions were taken to minimise civilian casualties.

Palestinians said the school was sheltering displaced people but the Israeli army said it was being used as a command center by Hamas.

Palestinian authorities say 15 people were killed overnight in the Gaza Strip in multiple Israeli attacks. An airstrike early Friday morning in Gaza City hit a family home, killing six people including an unknown number of children, Gaza’s Civil Defense said. Another person was killed in Gaza City when a strike hit a group of people on a street.

At least 22 people, mostly women and children, were killed in an Israeli strike on a Gaza school sheltering displaced families, while Israel claimed the target was a Hamas command centre.

Witnesses described a sudden attack while children were playing and families were gathered in the school's playground

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

An Israeli air strike on a school in Gaza City has killed at least 22 Palestinians, mostly women and children, according to Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry.

Palestinians said an Israeli strike killed at least 22 people in a school sheltering displaced people in southern Gaza City on Saturday, while the Israeli military said the attack targeted a command centre of militant group Hamas.

At least 22 people were killed in an Israeli attack on a former school building in Gaza City, Palestinian authorities said on Saturday. At least 30 people were injured, including women and children, the health authority in Gaza said.