9 women, 3 children among Palestinians killed in Israeli attack on Gaza City school shelter

The Associated Press

· Posted: May 07, 2025 10:33 AM EDT | Last Updated: 27 minutes ago

Israeli strikes crossed Gaza killed astatine slightest 59 people, infirmary officials said Wednesday, arsenic Israel prepares to ramp up its run against Hamas successful a warfare present entering its 20th month.

The strikes included 1 onslaught connected Tuesday nighttime connected a schoolhouse sheltering hundreds of displaced Palestinians, which killed 27 people, officials from the Al-Aqsa Hospital said, including 9 women and 3 children. It was the 5th clip since the warfare began that the schoolhouse successful cardinal Gaza has been struck.

An aboriginal greeting onslaught connected different school-turned-shelter successful Gaza City killed 16 people, according to officials astatine Al-Ahli Hospital, portion strikes connected targets successful different areas killed astatine slightest 16 others. 

A ample file of fume roseate and fires pierced the acheronian skies supra the schoolhouse structure successful Bureij, a built-up municipality exile camp. Paramedics and rescuers rushed to propulsion radical retired from the blaze.

The Israeli subject had nary contiguous remark connected the strikes. Israel blames Hamas for the decease toll due to the fact that it operates from civilian infrastructure, including schools. 

The caller bloodshed comes days aft Israel approved a program to intensify its operations successful the Palestinian enclave, which would see seizing Gaza, holding connected to captured territories, forcibly displacing Palestinians to confederate Gaza and taking power of assistance organisation on with backstage information companies.

Israel is calling up tens of thousands of reserve soldiers to transportation retired the plan. Israel says the program volition beryllium gradual and volition not beryllium implemented until aft U.S. President Donald Trump wraps up his sojourn to the portion aboriginal this month.

Any escalation of warring would apt thrust up the decease toll.

Israeli troops person already taken implicit an country amounting to astir a 3rd of Gaza, displacing the colonisation and gathering watchtowers and surveillance posts connected cleared crushed the subject has described arsenic information zones.

'Window of opportunity' for truce amid Trump visit

Israel resumed its violative successful March aft the illness of a U.S.-backed ceasefire that had halted warring for 2 months. It has since imposed an assistance blockade, drafting warnings from the United Nations that the 2.3 cardinal colonisation faces imminent famine.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he will expand the offensive against Hamas aft his information furniture approved plans that whitethorn see seizing the entire Gaza Strip and controlling aid.

But an Israeli defence official said connected Monday that there was a "window of opportunity" for a ceasefire and hostage merchandise woody during Trump's visit.

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A elder Hamas authoritative said connected Wednesday that the Palestinian militant radical would not hold to immoderate interim truce successful instrumentality for a resumption of assistance for a fewer days, and insisted connected a afloat ceasefire woody to extremity the war.

Basem Naim said Hamas would not judge "desperate attempts earlier Trump's visit, done the transgression of starvation, the continuation of genocide and the menace of expanding subject enactment to execute a partial statement that returns immoderate [Israeli] prisoners successful speech for a fewer days of nutrient and drink."

The war began on Oct.7, 2023, erstwhile Hamas-led militants killed 1,200 radical and took 251 hostage, according to Israeli tallies.

Israel's run has killed much than 52,000 Palestinians, mostly civilians, according to Gaza's Health Ministry, and reduced overmuch of Gaza to ruins.