Palestinian sources: IDF attack on school building causes deaths

At least seven people have died and others have been injured in an Israeli attack on a former school building in the north of the Gaza Strip, Palestinian sources reported on Sunday.

The general director of the Hamas-controlled housing ministry was among the dead, medical sources said.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it had carried out a precision attack on terrorists making use of the former school to mount attacks.

"This is a further example of the Hamas terrorist organization's systematic abuse of civilian infrastructure in violation of international law," the IDF wrote on its Telegram channel. It said Israeli forces had taken a number of measures to reduce danger to civilians but "will continue to act against terrorist organizations that use schools and civilian institutions as shelter."

The information from both sides could not be independently verified.