The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza says 26 people have been killed in Israeli air strikes on a mosque and school housing displaced Palestinians in the centre of the territory. Dozens of people were also injured in strikes that hit Ibn Rushd school and Al-Aqsa Martyrs mosque in Deir al-Balah early on Sunday morning, the ministry said.

Israeli airstrikes that hit a mosque and a school have killed at least 24 people and injured 93 on Sunday. The targeted mosque and school were a shelter for displaced people in the Gaza Strip, reported Reuters.

The UN reported Thursday that Israeli airstrikes targeted at least six UN-run schools sheltering displaced Palestinians as it highlighted the continued devastation in the Gaza Strip.

GAZA/CAIRO: At least 26 people were killed and 93 others wounded when Israeli airstrikes hit a mosque and a school sheltering displaced people in the Gaza Strip early on Sunday, the Gaza government media office said. Palestinian health officials said at least another 20 people had been killed since Saturday night in northern Gaza.

At least 15 people have been killed following an Israeli airstrike that hit a school in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, where thousands of displaced Palestinians had sought shelter. According to the Gaza Health Ministry, many of the victims were women and children.

The fighting comes as the region awaits a potential Israeli counterstrike against Iran, which fired missiles at Israel last week and which backs both Hezbollah and Hamas.

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The Israeli military confirmed it struck the school in the Jabalia refugee camp, saying it was targeting Hamas militants inside who were planning attacks on Israeli troops. The claim couldn't be independently confirmed.

An Israeli airstrike hit a school sheltering thousands of displaced Palestinians in northern Gaza on Thursday, killing at least 11 people and wounding 22, including women and children, the territory's Health Ministry said.

An Israeli airstrike on a school sheltering displaced families in Jabalia in northern Gaza killed at least 14 people on Thursday.