Israel kills 100 Palestinians performing fajr prayer in Gaza

100s of Palestinians were killed and wounded after Israel struck a school complex in Gaza City in the early hours of Saturday morning where up to 300 people had gathered for dawn prayers. Al-Tabi'in School was being used as a shelter for displaced Palestinians. Israel claims it had targeted 19 Hamas and Islamic Jihad members, however human rights group Euro-Med Monitor has refuted the claims, saying the men named had been killed in previous Israeli attacks on Gaza.

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At least 100 Palestinians were killed early this morning when the Israeli military bombed the Al-Tabi’in school in the Al-Daraj neighbourhood in eastern Gaza City.

The school was housing displaced civilians. Dozens were injured in the attack.

Israeli military aircraft targeted the school while worshippers were performing the fajr (dawn) prayer, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.

Eyewitnesses said they could hear women and children screaming after the bombing but couldn’t reach them.

⚡️BREAKING: Government Media Office in Gaza:

The “israeli” occupation army committed a massacre inside Al-Tabaeen School in Gaza City, resulting in more than 100 martyrs and dozens of injuries. This is clearly part of the crime of genocide and ethnic cleansing against our… pic.twitter.com/6MrXmX5MwZ

— Suppressed News. (@SuppressedNws) August 10, 2024

The attack comes just hours after news that the US is preparing to give $3.5 billion to Israel to purchase American weapons and military equipment from a $14.1 billion supplemental bill approved by Congress in April.

“On Thursday, August 8 the Department notified Congress of our intent to obligate $3.5 billion in FY 2024 Foreign Military Financing using funding provided by the Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act,” said a State Department spokesperson.

Nearly 40,000 Palestinians have been killed, mostly women and children, and over 91,700 injured, in Israel’s bombing campaign since 7 October 2023, according to local health authorities.

More than ten months into the Israeli onslaught, vast tracts of Gaza lie in ruins amid a crippling blockade of food, clean water and medicine.

Israel is accused of genocide at the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

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