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28 killed in Israeli airstrike on school in central Gaza

Gaza/Jerusalem, Oct 10 (UNI) At least 28 Palestinians were killed and more than 54 others injured Thursday afternoon in an Israeli airstrike on a school sheltering displaced persons in the central Gaza Strip, said the Palestinian Health Ministry.
The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said on social media platform X that its teams responded to the casualties following the Israeli army's targeting of Rafida School located near the PRCS headquarters in the city of Deir al-Balah.
Medics said ambulance crews and the civil defense apparatus recovered the dead bodies, including children and women, some of whom were dismembered.
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