At least 48 people were killed in three Israeli air strikes in less than one hour on Tuesday, Gaza’s civil defence agency said.

The attacks killed at least 25 people at a UN-run school in central Gaza’s Nuseirat area, 18 were killed in southern Khan Younis, and five people were killed in Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza, according to reports.

The UN has said an Israeli strike hit close to its joint operation centre in Deir el-Balah, from where it coordinates the humanitarian aid response in Gaza.

In nine months of war, 70 percent of UNRWA schools in Gaza have now been bombed and 539 people sheltering inside its premises have been killed.

At least 38,713 people have been killed and 89,166 wounded in Israel’s war on Gaza since October 7. The death toll in Israel from the Hamas-led attacks on October 7 is estimated at 1,139, and dozens of people are still held captive in Gaza.

Source: Al Jazeera 

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