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  • An Israeli airstrike hits a school sheltering people in Gaza, killing at least 30 including children

    WAFAA SHURAFA and SAM METZ|Jul 26, 2024

    DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli airstrikes hit a school used by displaced Palestinians in central Gaza on Saturday, killing at least 30 people including several children, as the country's negotiators prepared to meet international mediators about a proposed cease-fire. Seven children and seven women were among the dead taken from the girls' school in Deir al-Balah to Al Aqsa Hospital. Israel's military said it targeted a Hamas command center used to direct attacks against Israeli troops and store "large quantities of weapons." Hamas c...