22 killed as Israeli rocket hits school in Gaza

The Israeli military said that the attack targeted a command centre of militant group Hamas.

Palestinians said that an Israeli strike killed at least 22 people in a school sheltering displaced people in southern Gaza City on Saturday.

The Israeli military said that the attack targeted a command centre of militant group Hamas.

The Gaza health ministry said that most of those killed were women and children. The Hamas-run government media office said 13 children and six women were among the dead.

The military said that it hit a Hamas command centre embedded in the compound that previously served as a school, repeating an accusation that the group uses civilian facilities for military purposes. Hamas denies that.