At least two killed in another Israeli attack on Gaza City school

The Palestinian Civil Defence Agency says that at least two people have been killed in an Israeli air attack on Shuhada al-Zeitoun School in Gaza City, Al Jazeera reports.

The Israeli military acknowledged that it carried out this attack, claiming it was hitting a military command room at the school-turned-shelter for displaced people.

It also claimed that it took steps to “mitigate civilian harm in the strike”.

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