Israel confirms overnight attacks as strikes on UN-run shelters kill at least 11
Israel’s military said its warplanes carried out attacks on two buildings overnight — one in the Shati refugee camp and another on the Daraj neighbourhood of Gaza City — claiming the strikes targeted Hamas fighters, Al Jazeera reports.
Al Jazeera reported earlier that at least six people were killed overnight when a UN-run school sheltering displaced people was attacked in Daraj and that at least five people, including children, were killed in another strike on UN-run shelter in the Shati refugee camp. Five people were also reported killed in other attacks overnight.
Israel’s military said it aircraft attacked sites where “terrorists operated from school premises” and some of those targeted were involved in the Hamas attack of October 7 and “holding hostages”.
Reports have emerged more recently that Israeli forces also bombed the family home of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in northern Gaza’s Shati camp, killing at least 10 people, including his sister.
In its post on social media, Israel’s military made no mention of the Hamas leader’s relatives being targeted in the Shati attack.