By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent Worthy News
JERUSALEM/GAZA (Worthy News) – Israel’s military confirmed Saturday that it struck a school in Gaza City but denied that 90 people were killed as Hamas had claimed.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said the school was “a command room” used by Hamas “terror operatives” where Palestinian civilians were sheltering.
The Gaza Strip’s Hamas-run civil defense agency said over 90 people were killed in the airstrike, describing the incident as a “horrific massacre,” but those figures could not be independently verified.
The IDF expressed heavy skepticism toward the claim, saying the numbers appeared inflated.
They cited their intelligence as saying that at least “20 terror operatives”, including “senior commanders,” were at the site when it was struck.
The Hamas-run health ministry said another 47 people were wounded.
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A member of Hamas’ political bureau, Mousa Abu Marzouk, told the Qatari Al Araby television channel that the attack underscored that “Israel is seeking to thwart the negotiations” for a cease-fire and hostage release deal.
He added that “the United States cannot claim that it is striving for a cease-fire while it is transferring shipments of weapons and ammunition to Israel.”
Tensions also rose in the region following the attack.
The Jordanian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday that Israel’s deadly strike on a school compound in Gaza City is “a flagrant violation of international law and all humanitarian values.”
It added that the strike was a “continuation of the policy of harming civilians and sites for displaced persons and refugees.”
Israel maintains that Hamas uses civilians as human shields and that it launched the war against the group after it attacked the Jewish nation on October 7, killing some 1,200 people and kidnapping hundreds of others.
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