The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) said that the deadly raid on a school in Gaza targeted a Hamas figure

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An Israeli air strike killed several children At a previous school twelve days ago He was targeting a local Hamas figure, the BBC was told.

The IDF said that Hamas’ “command and control center” had been positioned inside the compound in Gaza City, which it targeted with a “precision strike” on September 21.

The bombing killed 22 people, including 13 children and six women, according to the Hamas-run Ministry of Health.

The Ministry of Health said that the school, which was closed during the war, was housing displaced people.

A girl named Amal told the BBC that she was inside the school building when the building was hit and she saw bodies “torn apart.”

“What did we do as children? We wake up and go to sleep terrified,” she said.

“At least protect the schools; We have no schools or homes – where do we go?”

Sources told the BBC that one of the dead was a local Hamas figure, meaning many civilians died over one main target.

Hoda Al-Haddad lost two children – son Muhammad, 13 years old, and daughter Hanan, 12 years old.

“I was coming from the hallway when the missile fell. I came and found my husband screaming and saying: My children, my children, my children.”

“I asked him: Where are they?” “I looked for them and found them under the rubble.”

In the 12 days following the airstrike, there were at least eight other deadly raids in Gaza on school buildings housing displaced families – the latest in a series of attacks on these buildings, which offer little security.

UNICEF said that more than 50% of schools used as shelters in Gaza have been directly bombed during the current war, with “severe consequences for children and families.”

In each of the recent strikes, the Israeli military issued public statements saying that the previous schools contained Hamas terrorists or were “command and control” centers.

In its public statement about the September 21 raid, the Israeli army misnamed the previous school it bombed – Al-Zaytoun School C – instead of identifying another nearby school, Al-Falah School.

We confirmed that it was the Zaytoun C neighborhood that had been bombed by speaking to local residents, as well as comparing videos of the attack with satellite images.

The authorities in Gaza, run by Hamas, also called it Olive C.

The area in question is located in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood and includes four distinct schools: Al-Falah, Al-Zaytoun A, B, and C.

When asked about the incorrect naming of the school, the IDF declined to comment.

It would also not comment on who was targeted.

The Hamas-run government media office said the Israeli army committed a “horrific massacre” by bombing the Zaytoun C School, which houses displaced people. She said that in addition to the deaths, the attack also caused serious injuries, including nine children who needed to have their limbs amputated.

Dr. Amjad Aliwa, the emergency doctor who treated those injured in the raid, described more than 30 injuries that arrived at the hospital, saying that most of them were among children and women, with cases of amputations and very serious injuries.

One of those who died was described as a six-month pregnant woman.

This was confirmed by photos of Jenin at the site of the raid, and residents said that the dead woman was Baraa Al-Derawi, who died with her two daughters, Israa and Iman.

Additional reporting by Paul Brown