Gaza’s Hamas-linked civil defense agency says Israeli military operations killed 20 people across the Strip today.
Civil defense spokesman Mahmud Bassal, whom Israel has accused of being an active Hamas terrorist, says five of the dead were killed in a strike on a school in Gaza City.
A second strike near another school in the city where displaced civilians had found shelter killed three people and wounded around 10, including children, he says.
The tolls cannot be verified and do not differentiate between combatants and civilians.
Contacted by AFP, the Israeli military says it could not comment on specific attacks without precise coordinates.
The military says it does not deliberately target civilians and notes that Hamas has been using civilian sites, like hospitals, schools and displaced centers, as cover for their operations.
The latest strikes came hours after Hamas said it was ready to start talks “immediately” on a US-sponsored proposal for a Gaza ceasefire.
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