Gaza’s Government Media Office has announced that the direct Israeli air strikes on the Shuhadaa al-Nuseirat school in the central part of the enclave have brought the number of displacement centres hit since the start of the fighting to 196, Al Jazeera reports.

At least nine children are among the 17 people confirmed killed so far, the office said in a statement, adding that 52 wounded Palestinians have arrived at hospitals in the area.

“The occupation army knew that the school housed thousands of displaced persons and that the majority of them are children and women who were displaced from their bombed homes and residential neighbourhoods,” the statement said.

The graphic footage below, which has been confirmed by Al Jazeera’s Sanad verification agency, shows the immediate aftermath of the attack.